While at the time I was the socially and academically withdrawn child, what my teacher mistook for intellectual disability was actually my inability to cope with issues at home and a self-identity war I had raging within. Seeing my mom as a perpetual victim of domestic abuse and feeling unable to intervene, coupled with this deep-rooted understanding that I was different, lead to intense self-loathing. My experience of being misunderstood and feeling helpless encourages me to pursue a degree in School Psychology so that I may help youth faced with similar obstacles find healthy ways…
and Dyslexia so I needed a lot of help to read. Even now I still have a hard time reading, to the point where I get very nervous and start to stutter. On top of that and some of my teachers and some of my classmates would start to make fun of me so I started to not do anything so no one can make fun of me so I started to failed classes but I felt I was in that stupid because I wasn’t trying so if I don’t come my full tension no one can make fun of me. When I was in seventh and sixth grade my teacher didn’t like grandma and she said it was useless so for those years we didn’t do grammar but totally messed me up when I went to the high school first year of high school and a whole bunch of things about grammar…
Imagine a young girl, about three year’s old sitting in her wooden rocking chair surrounded by picture books. They are sprawled all over the floor, and here she sits and “reads” aloud to her stuffed animals. But, she doesn’t know how to read, so she makes the story up based on the pictures she sees in the book. Now imagine the same young girl, now she is five years old. She sits on a chair with crayons of every color, coloring books, and paper spread across the kitchen table.…
In second grade, I was labeled as dyslexic and stuck in the reading recovery class along with all the other ‘troubled students’. Every day I missed free time filled with exciting games such as seven-up and tag, forcibly sat in a room where the lights were just a bit too bright and the chairs a bit too straight, and read aloud. After an eternity of struggling through a page of words that wouldn’t stay where they were supposed to and letters that loved swapping places I went back to math class with a star sticker. The other kids in my class were jealous that I was allowed to go off and acquire stickers while they were forced to stay in class.…
EFFECTS OF ADHD How does Adhd affect an individual? By:Abigail phelps Champlin Park High School Introduction to effects of Adhd…
Since I first came to The United State from my country, Sierra Leone, I had a problem with reading and writing due to my speaking two native languages. When I started High School I was put in a second English class with other foreign students because I had difficulties with writing, and understanding what I read. Although I was bullied throughout my High School years due to my accent I was the focus and determine to do very well in my classes. One of my proudest moments in High School was when I made the Honor Roll and had a certificate for Perfect Attendance throughout a school year. I’m not a straight-A student, but I am a very determined person.…
Crawling, the stream of blood running into my mouth distracting me from getting to the phone. Slowly I feel my mind slipping, and the only thing I can think of is reaching the phone before I go unconscious. The pounding of my heart beat is exhausting, but I am in reach of the phone. With everything left in me, I dial the only number I can remember anymore. Each ring seems to take longer and longer, but over my heartbeat I heard a faint “Hey Nanny”.…
Reading and writing have impacted my life in numerous ways; in fact, reading books has impacted my life by expanding my vocabulary. My mother would read difficult books to expose me to broad new words to me at a young age. She would also have me study dictionaries, and continuously give me spelling test. When I got a little older I would start to read books on my own. I would read books that opened up my imagination; such as the series, The Magic Tree House.…
As a senior at TCPS, I am currently taking my second dual-enrollment college course, comp one. Before this college level writing course, I thought I had the skill of writing papers mastered. Throughout grade school, writing a paper in a few hours was easily achievable and was the general thing to do. My peers and I easily wrote papers without effort and made good grades. Therefore, when I started my first college writing course, I thought this was the thing to do.…
Growing up in an era where writing technologies are developing rapidly has shape and challenge my writing process drastically as an elementary and college student. Growing up with crayons, pencils and pens were just the beginning. From what I remember from my toddler’s years, I recall being pressured by my teachers to have a perfect handwriting that others would be able to understand. Penmanship and creating well-structures letters were the main purpose during my toddles years and early elementary school years. I remember doing a lot of writing to picture-perfect my handwriting.…
Every parent essentially wants the best for their child when it comes to education. What the parents have to realize is that they too play an important role in their child’s education. Handwriting is a significant part of a child’s learning, it opens their ability to be able to communicate and express themselves. Often, parents neglect their child’s handwriting and do not offer them new ways to improve their handwriting. While on the other hand, some parents ask, ‘What are some ways I can help improve my child’s handwriting?’…
Its a beautiful Sunday morning and I thought I would try writing with the computer. I have been engaging in this debate in my mind over the past few days: is it better to write longhand or type? Even as I type I find a different skill in motion as my fingers work to capture my thoughts. Its funny, how I am focused more on the method then on content right now.…
Writing History I have never been really good at writing. When I was in High School, I struggled the most in writing. The reason I have struggled in writing is because my native language which is Russian has different grammar and ways of writing and it always confuses me. I have gotten better over the few years in writing but still have a lot more work to do. I still believe that writing is my weakest strength point.…
The idea of writing, is, in itself, a great way to communicate between humans. It has been around for thousands of years, dating back to ancient history with writings etched into walls in caves. Even though there has been a major advancement in printed writing that is done at a device such as a computer or a typewriter, handwriting is still a major part of our lives. Like every other child, I went to Elementary School, where I was taught how to read, do basic math and, most importantly, write.…
Under the Surface The word literacy can cause an overwhelming amount of stress in one's mind. Growing up, I have felt the pressure weigh on me even when I began to think of the word literacy. This thought of pressure and stress has caused me to become unmotivated when being motivated is the key element to reading and writing. I had it set in my mind at which there was no purpose behind literacy. I just saw it as lines smothered together and people would proclaim them as “literature”.…