The Pros And Cons Of Oral Surgery

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Two short weeks after my oral surgery, I got to go back to school. Wearing a new sky blue dress, I walked into Mrs. Sallee’s 1st grade class feeling like nothing could stop me. We started off the class by reading the Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor. We played popcorn, where the reader gets to chose who reads next. Mrs. Sallee started the book, then choose me to read next, as a welcome back gift. I stood up confidently ready to conquer my paragraph of the book. As I finished reading my paragraph, I looked up feeling so proud that I had completed my part without having help. My stomach dropped when I looked up and saw all my classmates staring at me with horrified looks.
My oral surgery involved removing my front and bottom two teeth. Losing
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I went back to my dentist, and I was told my adult teeth were finally growing in and filling the gap that caused my initial speech problem. He proceeded to say, I would have to do speech therapy again, after they grow in. I was so excited that I could finally smile with teeth, and be considered a big girl. Then it hit, that this exciting step in life devastated me, it ruined all of the hard work I had just accomplished. I lost all the confidence I finally gained back. From second grade until the end of my fifth grade year, I remained speech therapy. Receiving this second impediment, resulted in me spending countless hours trying to learn how to communicate again. When the end of my fifth grade year came around, I was told I was more than likely going to have to continue therapy in middle school since I was still having some issues. I lost all my confidence and became more reclusive. Being a typical 14 year old female, I thought my life was over. Middle school is the building blocks to being popular and succeeding in high school. I immediately thought “who is going to want to be friends with someone with issues.” I worked my butt of during the entire summer, working on all my sounds, and how to use them correctly. The first day of sixth grade I met with Mrs. Brown for yet another year, and we did our usual test. After this test, I was told I was not going to need speech therapy any longer. I was so excited, I …show more content…
My literacy was impacted and changed at a young age. I could not say my s’s, ch’s, r’s, th’s, and my impediment was more prominent when I used those sounds in sentences. However, the ability to communicate with a speech impediment and adapt to differences in speech has made me a more understanding person. I can relate to people more easily now, as well take pride in my struggles that have ultimately helped my literacy in more than just one way. Without the help of Mrs. Brown I can honestly say my life would be completely different. She not only taught me how to communicate, she taught me how to respect others that may be different. My speech impediment was truly a blessing, because I have learned so much more, than if I did not have it. I learned how to not only communicate, I learned to value others’ who had “issues” that they could not

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