Sunsaver, Livining Off-Grid In Suburbia- Happy Taconight America!

[Farmfresh]

It totally figures that you have dyslexia - that is why the Math side of your brain is so strong.

Hubby and my D1 are BOTH dyslexic. Hubby did not learn to read until he was in Junior High and had been sent to special classes. D1 was in a Phonics based reading system at the Christian school that she went to, so had an easier time of it. GEEK son has a version of dyslexia called dysgraphia. That is even harder on him and his teachers. The input was perfect, never ANY problems reading or hearing words and sounds (hubby has problems distinguishing sounds as well as reading words), but GEEK could not and still had a lot of difficulty WRITING. Things go backwards and all wonky on the OUTPUT side. Still he can type well, which is learned on the Math side of your brain.

All of this learning disability stuff is complicated even more when teachers and other folks find out that they all, middle daughter included, have extremely high IQ's. With son he kept getting chewed out at school for being so lazy! I honestly think it is easier to be stupid and LD since people just leave you alone. Gifted and LD sucks.

But when God taketh away, He also richly blesses. Math, mechanics, electricity, music and engineering are all extremely easy for them. I think part of that is the way most dyslexics think (and it freaked me out when I first discovered it).

When I think about something it is manifested in something called "Self Talk". I have that little voice in my head (the good one not the other crazy one ) that carries on the monologue of my thoughts. It never occurred to me that other people experienced thinking differently, but then I read that almost all dyslexics think in pictures! They "see" their thoughts happening! When I asked my whole family was like that!

No wonder you all can figure out how to wire up a new gizmo!

By the way running Mozilla Firefox browser will help - they have a better spell check system according to the GEEK.

 

[Britesea]

My SIL has a similar but different problem-- she cannot get numbers right. Her husband has to do the shopping, because she cannot tell if something is a good price or not. I really have no idea how she graduated.

We discovered that Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Obsessive-Compulsive disorder, Turrette's Syndrome, ADD, and hyperactivity are all found in the same gene; so if one is present in a family, the chances are good that the others are too. We have one poor niece that has ALL of it except dysgraphia. She also has an assortment of food allergies.

 

[abifae]

Yep. I have all the typical cross wiring of autism.

My dad apparently does too, because when I first had math trouble, he bought a huge white board and lots of colored markers for it. I would work out the problem huge and color coded, and then transfer the work to paper for school. He also had me do homework in colored pencils. And on graph paper (long division, etc). It helped immensely.

I still failed most of the tests because the teacher refused to let me do the work in colored pencils or on graph paper. But I remember doing tests at home with my dad, so I think he might have yelled at them a lot.

 

[Farmfresh]

My SIL has a similar but different problem-- she cannot get numbers right. Her husband has to do the shopping, because she cannot tell if something is a good price or not. I really have no idea how she graduated.

This type of Learning Disability is called "Dyscalculia".

 

[Farmfresh]

Yep. I have all the typical cross wiring of autism.

My dad apparently does too, because when I first had math trouble, he bought a huge white board and lots of colored markers for it. I would work out the problem huge and color coded, and then transfer the work to paper for school. He also had me do homework in colored pencils. And on graph paper (long division, etc). It helped immensely.

I still failed most of the tests because the teacher refused to let me do the work in colored pencils or on graph paper. But I remember doing tests at home with my dad, so I think he might have yelled at them a lot.

BTW You wrote about this before and I used it with my kiddo's at school. It really helped. Now I have shown some other teachers how this works, so you have really done your part for some other kiddos.

 

[abifae]

BTW You wrote about this before and I used it with my kiddo's at school. It really helped. Now I have shown some other teachers how this works, so you have really done your part for some other kiddos.

Awesome!!! He learned it growing up. No clue from whom. So he just naturally showed me. Glad it is helping other kids too!

 

[sunsaver]

Just got back from a painting job to find my puty tats are just fine, and that i missed out on an interesting conversation about learning disabilities. My biggest problem was that i learned visually. Spelling and memorizing historical dates was always difficult for me because they are symbols that are grouped in random patterns. They do not follow any logical patterns or obey any set rules." I" before" E" is the exception, not a rule. "E usually comes before "I". When i would ask my teacher, "why is it spelled that way?" I would always get the response "It just is! Memorize it!" I can't memorize random groups of symbols. I can learn mathematical rules. I can drive across the country and remember my way back because i saw it. But if i can't see it or understand it, i'll never be able to learn it.

 

[abifae]

I lucked out by having understanding history teachers. Well, two out of however many.

They let me skip writing dates if I could show I clearly understood how things came about.

So I ended up with 20 essay questions instead of fill in the blank date questions LOL.

 

[sunsaver]

It was called "Possessed" starring Joan Crawford (when she was still good looking) and Clark Gable, one of his earliest films. It was sooo good. It has a happy ending ending and i highly recommend watching it, just have some tissue paper nearby if you are a "cryer" Crawford lays it on thick.
I guess i like these old romantic movies because i don't have any romance in my real life. I'm in love with the idea of love, it's just the actual mess and heartbreak that comes with it that i don't care for. And the actresses in those old black and white movies were so much better looking than modern actresses. I usually prefer film noir or sci-fi, but a good romantic flick is hard to beat.

 

[savingdogs]

My favorite is Holiday Inn. I watch it every year during the holidays.