Narrative Essay On Dyslexia

I happened to overcome failure at an early age. When I was in the third grade my parents and teachers started to realize that I was struggling in school. It was hard for us to understand because I would study and work hard but my grades did not reflect my efforts. With the support of my parents and teachers and the knowledge of a specialist I was diagnosed with dyslexia.

During this time in my life I did not really understand what dyslexia was. I felt that it was just another way to say I was “stupid”. My parents would help me with my school work and help me study before my tests but no matter what, my efforts were never shown in my test scores. Although I knew the information on the test, I could not comprehend the way the questions were worded. I read the information on the test but had difficulty processing the information. I often came home crying from school. After every test my confidence level would decrease. I begged my mom each morning to let me stay home from school, afraid to be called on during class to read aloud. When reading something aloud I often skipped over words and replaced them with other words. I had trouble pronouncing words that I should have already known how to pronounce. I often confused letters and numbers.

I feel that through my experiences with dyslexia and overcoming a lot of challenges at an early age I will be able to relate to the special needs students. I feel like I will have a better idea of helping them because I understand how much harder they had to work to complete an assignment . Through my experiences I feel that all of the struggles I went through that it will make me a stronger and a more experienced teacher. My experiences will hopefully help other students and I hope to help them through any obstacles that they may