Christy
b*tch rocket
This is totally off the subject, but since I know you are a teacher, I'd like to get your input/advice. How much do you know about dyslexia?
You've probably seen me on here ranting and raving over public schools attempting to label my child as ADHD (ADD is out, they've now added the H to give more plausibility to their farce). My kid is severely dyslexic (it runs heavily in the family on his dad's side). Anyway, most of the solutions to the problem in this area is accomodating the kids "disability", by allowing them to do their work via tape recorder rather than having to write. This is totally unacceptable to me, as I really do feel my kids dyslexia is a gift. He's got that total "out of the box" creativity and thinking ability, however, he's still got to learn how to read and write. Actually, he can read fairly well, but can't read out loud to save his life. His biggest difficulty, which sounds so simple, but essentially cripples him in school, is looking at text on a page or a chalkboard and copying it to another. It's like some big disconnect.
Any suggestions?
You've probably seen me on here ranting and raving over public schools attempting to label my child as ADHD (ADD is out, they've now added the H to give more plausibility to their farce). My kid is severely dyslexic (it runs heavily in the family on his dad's side). Anyway, most of the solutions to the problem in this area is accomodating the kids "disability", by allowing them to do their work via tape recorder rather than having to write. This is totally unacceptable to me, as I really do feel my kids dyslexia is a gift. He's got that total "out of the box" creativity and thinking ability, however, he's still got to learn how to read and write. Actually, he can read fairly well, but can't read out loud to save his life. His biggest difficulty, which sounds so simple, but essentially cripples him in school, is looking at text on a page or a chalkboard and copying it to another. It's like some big disconnect.
Any suggestions?