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Do you know any adult illiterates? It makes me sad.
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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 495084" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Wow - Shari - that is a powerful story about your husband. My sister's husband was similar. He was a wonderful chef, but never went to school to get a degree in it. He has severe dyslexia, and everything was just too hard to read. Matt also has dyslexia, and I have talked to him a lot about what it feels like to read. It is almost like deciphering code for him. Fortunately, I was the over the top, reading palooza Mom, and we read together every single night from birth until he was probably 12. He also received tons of Special Education, and he can read quite well now. But many people don't pick up on the fact that these kids have learning disabilities. </p><p></p><p>Your physical therapist is right Shari - my sister wandered through highschool stoned, and graduated with honors - for some people - learning is just easy - and they will get it with or without school. For our kids - learning is astronomically challenging - and those are the kids that the teachers need to spend time with.</p><p></p><p>On the flip side - there are some who just never have the opp to learn how to read. I heard this guy on NPR the other day - very inspiring.</p><p><em>"A 98-year-old man from Connecticut just wrote his first book. More remarkable, he was illiterate until he was 96.</em></p><p><em>James Arruda Henry, a retired lobster fisherman, recently completed a 29-chapter, short story account of his life, titled "In a Fisherman's Language."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 495084, member: 3301"] Wow - Shari - that is a powerful story about your husband. My sister's husband was similar. He was a wonderful chef, but never went to school to get a degree in it. He has severe dyslexia, and everything was just too hard to read. Matt also has dyslexia, and I have talked to him a lot about what it feels like to read. It is almost like deciphering code for him. Fortunately, I was the over the top, reading palooza Mom, and we read together every single night from birth until he was probably 12. He also received tons of Special Education, and he can read quite well now. But many people don't pick up on the fact that these kids have learning disabilities. Your physical therapist is right Shari - my sister wandered through highschool stoned, and graduated with honors - for some people - learning is just easy - and they will get it with or without school. For our kids - learning is astronomically challenging - and those are the kids that the teachers need to spend time with. On the flip side - there are some who just never have the opp to learn how to read. I heard this guy on NPR the other day - very inspiring. [I]"A 98-year-old man from Connecticut just wrote his first book. More remarkable, he was illiterate until he was 96. James Arruda Henry, a retired lobster fisherman, recently completed a 29-chapter, short story account of his life, titled "In a Fisherman's Language."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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