Narrative On Dyslexia

When you hear here the words “ learning disability” you don’t really know how to react . I was 7 years old when they told me i had Dyslexia. My mom immediately put me in the special education classes to make sure she didn’t make the same mistake my grandma did with my dad . My dad has dyslexia as well and when they they told my grandma about it she refused to put him in the classes he needed because she didn’t want to believe he had a learning disability. So when he went to school he struggled with all his classes and so he ended up dropping out of high school in 9th grade.

I didn't accept being in the special education classes so I worked so hard to get out. When I finally did there was a part of me that regretted that decision. I was finally out but then I got to witness the change from being able to have more time on tests and projects to having no time. My grades were not as good as they were when I had extra time on assignments so my mom started to worry about if she made the right decision. But I refused to go back in because I knew that the teasing would get even worse in high school. …show more content…
The reason for that was because I was so scared and that fear blinded me from what I should have seen a long time ago, and that is I need to know what is best for me not for my popularity. This is one of the biggest mistakes I would love to go back and fix but it's too late for it now. I let fear get the best of me and it took me down a dark lonely path. The only person that can shine a light on my situation is myself. I need to prove that to myself and everyone who ever doubted me in the process. Now when I hear the words learning disability or dyslexia I think of them as my inspiration and the thing that keeps me going each