Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Dyslexic Success Dyslexic Failure




And yet, consider these two statistics:





You have two options:

1) Give up.

2) Try to find a solution.



Nor do any of the others in the class.







Alan Gurbutt said...

I like this post Rod. We all too often, unwittingly, set out to destroy young people’s aspirations by setting the bar too high to begin with, failing to offer assistance.

Ability, for want of a better word, comes in all shapes and sizes, colours and textures, actions and sounds. In children and young people the pronunciation of multisensory expression can be distinct or obscure, that's why they need to be nurtured.

There are more connections within the human brain than there are stars in the universe, moreover, no limit to imagination. Psychometric tests and statistics cannot purport to quantify a certain way of thinking; the area under the curve is just too small.
All my best.

Angela Thowney said...

Reading your post and your comments made on the amount of people who have dyslexia within the prison population does not suprise me. I teach young people aged between 16-18 who have not achieved any GCSE qualifications at school, and yes 80% of my learners have been told they are stupid, lazy as well as other names I can not mention, not only from their teachers but from parents too. Scary isn't it? I tell them that they have not failed and they are not stupid, they should see dyslexia as a gift. I tell them that they have the ability to learn and to achieve anything they want to achieve in life they just have not been given the opportunity in the past. So many of the young adults I teach come to me with very low self-esteem and lack confidence, not only in their literacy abilities but with everyday matters, socialising for example, making friends building relationships. It is so sad. How can this be happening today? If a child is told they are stupid enough times, they believe it, this leads to under achievement, lack of qualification,no job, no money, no sense of belonging so many may turn to crime, no surprise there.

Kelly said...

This is a major reason I continue to homeschool my dyslexic / dysgraphic son.

My goal is to give him a strong foundation of self-esteem, awareness, and advocacy, and all the technology tools I can to help him out before high school. At that point I hope to enroll him in "regular" classes and see how it goes.

He struggles, but at least his efforts are acknowledged as true efforts.

Shaynee Sherwood said...

Found your post through the facebook page for the Dyslexic Advantage. It's just what I needed. Thank you.

usethebrains godgiveyou said...

What if teachers were under the pressure to teach dyslexics the way dyslexics are pressured AS LITERAL CHILDREN to learn the way teacher's lazily teach?

My son had ONE dyslexic teacher. We called it "the year we could breathe", fifth grade. By 9th grade, I was homeschooling. Tech school has been a blessing...it started filling in 11th "grade", he is learning hands on now...and fully expects to go to Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)after learning machine tool. That's the plan, anyhow...mixed in there is a 2 year apprenticeship in machine tool, by the grace of God. He's adopted. His birth father is a drug addict spending time in and out of prison. I'm just betting he believed he was stupid, lazy and crazy and wouldn't try. I'm also betting my son got his gifted mind from his father...he's in the 93% overall. That don't even touch stupid.