Well it is good news to my ears anyway, and my baby, who has been trying so hard in school, and feeling like she is swimming against the current. Well, I had told you all about her not passing all her subjects mainly because she didn't get enough money last year, so had to work more, and once the medical classes got heavy, she just drowned. What I have though is a very stubborn kid, her very first words out of her mouth at 2 was, "I do it myself!" And in life she had to always do things her way, but I figured along time ago that although she breezed through school, and only had A's with a few B's here and there, and graduated with honours, a bursury and high awards in several classes too. But even with all that, she always had a hard time to read, and could not ever spell. And she did not have to read allot, and had an exellent memory, but I had always said that she would have to end up doing more once she was in College, but I didn't know the full details of what she taught herself to do throughout her whole life. The thing is that I am so proud of her for never giving up, and for finally listening to me to go see the disability department at the College to have herself tested. When she failed the one class last semester, it just devastated her, as it meant that she would not get funding for this semester. But making that appointment has just been the best thing in the world for her, because she is finding out that she is not "stupid" like she kept saying about herself. Everything that she has been doing are all classic signs of someone with a learning disorder. By doing this testing they will then be able to find strongpoints and discover her weak points, and with that, teach her how to work to balance it all out. The things she has been doing is trying to take notes, but getting caught up trying to spell something, and before she knows it ten minutes has gone by and nothing is making any sence and her notes are all over the place and basically worthless to her. That leaves her flustered, if not frustrated as well as panicked. When she reads if she doesn't understand a word she skips over it, but it might be something that essentially helps what she is reading, make sence. So no matter what she did, she was always running into a wall. But she always had amazing reviews while working at her various jobs too. What this testing will do for her is open up doors that she was having a hard time to get hrough before. They even have an office for her to go work in with access to computers and tutors at all times. They will provide her with the assistance she needs to understand everything she is doing...... The testing is being covered by the gov't education program, which is a good thing as it costs over 2,000.00 to do. I am just so glad for her. Now she just has to stop calling herself the little LD girl. (learning disordered) What runs in our family is dyslexia, two of my brothers and mu sister. well thats it, my big news. I know it isn't earth shattering or anything, but it does take a little weight off my shoulders, and more so off my daughers.Will talk to you all tomorrow, right now its is bedtime.
Nighty night
Gentle Hugs
Wendy[/u]
