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easy child: "I'll probably be poor when I grow up. I'm a bad worker."
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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 272299" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">I struggled for Cs and Ds, but made it anyway. Things that helped me the most were success out side of the classroom. In high school I worked at Arby's and did a good job and was recognized for it. The job helped me understand I had skills and could succeed. Now 12 is too young for employment, but try to find something she can be good at and develop pride in. She can volunteer. She can help the neighbors. She can make something. Look for and support what ever talents he does have. Success out side of the class room is important.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">She probably will not believe anything you say. You are her mother and will always love what she does. So you need to prove it. "Look how well you did .... compared to everyone else!". "See how much ... you completed in such a short time." The better the physical evidence is the stronger your arguments will become. It is also good if it comes from someone besides you.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Try to find examples of individuals with learning disabilities that did well. and show them to her. One frustrating thing for me is that most people with LDs hide them, like it is an embarrassing disease. Yet hiding keeps you from being able to inspire the next. At least 5% of the people experienced troubles with Learning Disability (LD). So there are lots of people who experienced the same struggles. The more you can show her the better.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Support school: I put all my ideas for how to manage school issues on the following website: <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/md3/marf_glass/msiteOutline.html" target="_blank">http://www.angelfire.com/md3/marf_glass/msiteOutline.html</a>. The lower grades also do not mean she can't go to college. I started with the community colleges because I could not get in to a university. In Maryland, the universities must give priority to community college students. It helped getting in that way. Also make sure to work with the schools center for learning disabled students. All public colleges are required to have one.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 272299, member: 6557"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]I struggled for Cs and Ds, but made it anyway. Things that helped me the most were success out side of the classroom. In high school I worked at Arby's and did a good job and was recognized for it. The job helped me understand I had skills and could succeed. Now 12 is too young for employment, but try to find something she can be good at and develop pride in. She can volunteer. She can help the neighbors. She can make something. Look for and support what ever talents he does have. Success out side of the class room is important.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]She probably will not believe anything you say. You are her mother and will always love what she does. So you need to prove it. "Look how well you did .... compared to everyone else!". "See how much ... you completed in such a short time." The better the physical evidence is the stronger your arguments will become. It is also good if it comes from someone besides you.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Try to find examples of individuals with learning disabilities that did well. and show them to her. One frustrating thing for me is that most people with LDs hide them, like it is an embarrassing disease. Yet hiding keeps you from being able to inspire the next. At least 5% of the people experienced troubles with Learning Disability (LD). So there are lots of people who experienced the same struggles. The more you can show her the better.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Support school: I put all my ideas for how to manage school issues on the following website: [url]http://www.angelfire.com/md3/marf_glass/msiteOutline.html[/url]. The lower grades also do not mean she can't go to college. I started with the community colleges because I could not get in to a university. In Maryland, the universities must give priority to community college students. It helped getting in that way. Also make sure to work with the schools center for learning disabled students. All public colleges are required to have one.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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