When was your first time being someone who you are not? Everyone in society has a different personality that identifies themselves with those they love and those they are not close with. Think about the hardship that you have to go through and became who you are now. Throughout your process of overcoming the abstracts, you are learning something new. The power that you are working towards is language. The power of language can be small yet huge, despite how it change you. This power allows you to be true to yourselves and be able to become someone you are proud to be. The author, Gary Braver, for the book Exploring Language, collect essays that inspire his readers wanting to learn more about language. In his book, Gareth Cook and Christine
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When he was a child, he was diagnosed with dyslexia due to his lack of ability to take notes while listening, have difficulty for reading and spelling. Dyslexia is a learning disorder that alters the way the brain process writing materials, such as word recognition, spelling, and decoding. With this disorder, his life in school was harsh. He got bullied, looks down by teachers, and receiving harsh grades. He has trouble with spelling, writing, and grammar during his school year. Due to all the harsh treatment, he received by students and teachers, he kept silence. He kept as a secret for years and years because he afraid the way his readers, co-workers, and editors thinks about him. In 2003, the author, Dr.Sally Shaywitz published a book, Overcoming Dyslexia, inspired Gareth to be who he is, regardless of his disorder. It inspired him to write this essay for those who is diagnosed with this disorder. In his essay, he wrote, “...it’s never going to be easy. But put your heart into it and you will blow them away.” (Pg 159, 19). He believes that regardless if you are diagnosed with dyslexia or any kind of disorder, don’t be afraid of being who you are. Even if you are not good at something due to the disorder, you will able to cover come this abstract if you put time and work into
When he was a child, he was diagnosed with dyslexia due to his lack of ability to take notes while listening, have difficulty for reading and spelling. Dyslexia is a learning disorder that alters the way the brain process writing materials, such as word recognition, spelling, and decoding. With this disorder, his life in school was harsh. He got bullied, looks down by teachers, and receiving harsh grades. He has trouble with spelling, writing, and grammar during his school year. Due to all the harsh treatment, he received by students and teachers, he kept silence. He kept as a secret for years and years because he afraid the way his readers, co-workers, and editors thinks about him. In 2003, the author, Dr.Sally Shaywitz published a book, Overcoming Dyslexia, inspired Gareth to be who he is, regardless of his disorder. It inspired him to write this essay for those who is diagnosed with this disorder. In his essay, he wrote, “...it’s never going to be easy. But put your heart into it and you will blow them away.” (Pg 159, 19). He believes that regardless if you are diagnosed with dyslexia or any kind of disorder, don’t be afraid of being who you are. Even if you are not good at something due to the disorder, you will able to cover come this abstract if you put time and work into