Why Do You Need To Be Dyslexic?

Throughout my primary and secondary education, I was classed as dyslexic. I was assessed for dyslexia when I started university and then I discovered that I was not in fact dyslexic. The fact that I spent 10 years of my life classed as dyslexic should clearly illustrate just how poorly my intelligence was assessed in the early stages of my education. I was never actually assessed for dyslexia in the early stages of my education, it was just a term that was attached to me because I was a non-conforming learner… not because I am in fact a slow learner, but because I do not find the classroom setting to be a particularly stimulating learning environment. As far as I am concerned, the classroom is a place to daydream.
All my life, I have very much been someone who has to figure …show more content…
Whatever intelligence you want to term it under, creative thinking a.k.a. a person’s imagination is an inherent human aptitude that is essential in the development of a proactive problem solver! Ultimately, this is why I do not consider the formal education of my primary and secondary periods to be a complete waste of time, because I spent a lot of time stuck in various classrooms daydreaming and further developing my imagination.
Based on my own experiences, I know that imagination or creative thinking is an integral ingredient of a fully effective education system that wants to produce proactive problem solvers in its students. If a student can not imagine themselves in a role or standard of living how can they ever direct their personal vision and education to enable them to attain that specific role or standard of living?
An active and proactive imagination is essential for personal growth and it is especially useful for translating complex bodies of knowledge into something which you can intelligently understand from your point of view and frame of