Having dyslexia has been a lifelong weight on my shoulders. Growing up, I felt ashamed and embarrassed that I was a special-needs kid. I thought I did not belong in regular classes because the other kids were more intelligent than me. As I grew up, I realized I was just remarkable and needed help reading. Reading is the key to almost everything; without knowing to read, it is impossible to do everyday activities such as grocery shopping, specifically reading the labels. I remember I was in the fourth grade and learning to read with a co-ed teacher in the hall outside my classroom. Whenever another kid would walk past, they would stare at me. At the moment, I felt ashamed I was seen as a kid reading kindergarten-level books in fourth grade. Other kids were reading Harry Potter books with at least 200 pages, whereas I was reading green eggs and ham by doctor Seuss. I think back to those memories all the time, especially at my all-time lows in life when I get bad grades. I often feel that I am a C+ student because I am dyslexic. Remembering those times hurts me; I even shed a tear once in a while. When I look back on my early education days, there were never any classes geared toward people with dyslexia, or even special tutoring or after-school help. The education systems lacks the understanding to help different types of students succeed in school. Which later can affect their mental health. I hope the school system changes as the number of dyslexic students increases.
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I feel like high schools separating speacial needs kids from everyone can be detrimental to the disabled students confidence and social life. By doing that, school are basically telling these students to their faces that they aren’t “normal” like everybody else and should seclude themselves from everyone.
Thank you for sharing your story. It is so awful that students with dyslexia cannot get the proper help needed. Like you said in the article, extra help after school, but led by the school is really important to help students have a fairer education. Taking kids out of class just embarrasses students, and it is really not fair. My close friend has dyslexia, and she also was at a disadvantage with the classwork. She too had to leave in the middle of class. I believe a lot more people struggle with reading for an array of reasons then is shown, so having more help and resources is important.
My brother has always struggled hard throughout the school. He was always moved into the general academic classes that moved a lot slower and provided more guidance. Once he go to high school they allowed him to be in regular general academic classes but he would have to have a special class period for “helping” him out and would have a personal aid go with him to every class to make sure he was staying “on track”. He hated this so much because it made him feel singled out and like he wasn’t smart enough. Also, he was being watched every second of the day. He didn’t want to feel so different from everyone else and have it be known too because kids are mean about that kind of stuff. Anyway, what I’m getting at is that after going through all of this for years teachers didn’t figure out that he had dyslexia until his jr year of high school. Before that, they just figured he just took longer to grasp concepts than others (which a lot of kids are like and do not have a learning disability). After they found out about his dyslexia they didn’t do much of anything to help him either, things just remained the same. You would think they would maybe give him learning tools on how to better deal with it better, but no. This shows how easily overlooked and disregarded dyslexia is, and I feel for anyone who has to go through this. Learning shouldn’t feel like a fight or challenge.