In psychology class we have been studying learning disabilities.  I recently had the opportunity to hear the story of someone with dyslexia and I thought it would be worth sharing.  Enjoy the read:

“I have always hated school.  I was one of the few people in high school who easily made the decision not to further my education.  From the time I was very young, we all knew that I had problems learning.  I was diagnosed at age seven as dyslexic.

I am not one of those people who benefited from knowing my disability.  Even though I did dyslexia tests and showed all of the dyslexic symptoms, nothing was really done to help me.  I was merely the problem student who was put on the back burner while the time was spend on those students who showed promise.  Because of this treatment, I became very bitter about going to school.

Recently, an opportunity arose for me to go back to school to further my career.  It was a wonderful opportunity, but the closer I got to my start date, the more I thought about my past education history and the more discouraged I became.  I decided that I was not going to go through this again and so made an appointment with the admissions counselor, completely ready to drop my classes.  That meeting changed my life.  I was awed at the amount of help and the resources available to me.  I went to classes and for the first time in my life, enjoyed school.”