Write A Narrative Essay On Dyslexia
At one point in my life, words were incomprehensible, the difficulty to concentrate became harder and harder each time. Unable to understand the words floating on my paper. It wasn't until the age of eight, I was diagnosed with a curse called Dyslexia.
As a kid, not being able to understand how you failed a spelling test or being so troubled with math questions was really frustrating. No matter how you explain any sort of reasoning, it’s always the same look of confusion or disappointment from others. Receiving such low grades and not knowing what the problem was to “fix” can really bring down a person's self-esteem.
After being diagnosed, there wasn't any medication to go along with it, the only thing to do is learn how to work with it. Every day I was taken out of class to a reading specialist class and even though I improved greatly each day, I was still behind compared to the others. Unfortunately, with being a shy child comes along with insecurities of this disadvantage. Even secretly keeping this from friends for months because of how …show more content…
nervous to let others know.
Once entering middle school, I never blamed any bad grades on my dyslexia knowing that would not help me improve as a person.
The best word for me growing up was stubborn. I wanted less of having to take a state testing in a different room than others, having questions being read aloud, etc. And the older I got, the more I didn't want to rely on other and craving a sense of “independence” of my own.It sounds weird, but working hard for a certain grade on my own gave me much more satisfaction even when struggling with certain Honor and Advance Placement classes.
Even though the mindset is still apparent at times, looking back to myself from 2nd grade to now, I’ve improved way more than I could have imagined. The help of other and some hard work really did pay off.And even though it's not something that could ever be “cured”, working alongside my disability has really shaped me as a person I’m
today
As a kid, not being able to understand how you failed a spelling test or being so troubled with math questions was really frustrating. No matter how you explain any sort of reasoning, it’s always the same look of confusion or disappointment from others. Receiving such low grades and not knowing what the problem was to “fix” can really bring down a person's self-esteem.
After being diagnosed, there wasn't any medication to go along with it, the only thing to do is learn how to work with it. Every day I was taken out of class to a reading specialist class and even though I improved greatly each day, I was still behind compared to the others. Unfortunately, with being a shy child comes along with insecurities of this disadvantage. Even secretly keeping this from friends for months because of how …show more content…
nervous to let others know.
Once entering middle school, I never blamed any bad grades on my dyslexia knowing that would not help me improve as a person.
The best word for me growing up was stubborn. I wanted less of having to take a state testing in a different room than others, having questions being read aloud, etc. And the older I got, the more I didn't want to rely on other and craving a sense of “independence” of my own.It sounds weird, but working hard for a certain grade on my own gave me much more satisfaction even when struggling with certain Honor and Advance Placement classes.
Even though the mindset is still apparent at times, looking back to myself from 2nd grade to now, I’ve improved way more than I could have imagined. The help of other and some hard work really did pay off.And even though it's not something that could ever be “cured”, working alongside my disability has really shaped me as a person I’m
today