We all go through different struggles, struggles we may have to live for the rest of our lives but, that can be improved with time and help. I live with what others call it as a “learning disability”. It’s something I can live with and work on myself regardless of what other people say. Others tell me I’m completely different from them and that my intelligence can’t keep up with their own knowledge. However, they are wrong because I am capable to deal with others who may be defined as a normal person. I grew up knowing that I wasn’t learning like the rest of the kids were in second grade. At first many teachers thought English wasn’t my first language so they made me take some sort of test to determine where I am in my English. I was confused …show more content…
I wasn’t as embarrassed as I was in middle school when using my accommodations, in fact I was placed in classes with others who were either with the same issue as I had or were someone who placed well in a class. At the same time, I never seemed to care much about college and frankly I didn’t think I would’ve gone to university, more like a community college because of my background of being considered of having a “learning disability” which brought me down. I did however have a goal through my high school year to overcome my “learning disability” and to learn to achieve greater things to prove others wrong about my intelligence. I had a dream for six years of my life to leave the program and finally have a sense of accomplishment in …show more content…
My grades were at the top. My mindset was to finally graduate and to have a chance to be taken out of the special education program where I waited six years of my life thinking about it constantly. My meeting occurred around September like my previous meetings in the past. I was so terrified and I honestly didn’t know what would happen to me. During the meeting, the board members were going through my test scores and my grades and the moment I had waited for and to this day I still remember what they said, “Aahil doesn’t need to be in this program anymore, he is totally fine and has shown us the academic improvements he’s made on himself, it is your choice whether you would like to stay in the program or wish to opt-out”. I was so happy like I couldn’t believe this was happening that even I started to tear up as I said yes. I was just speechless. The best part was that I knew my parents had to see me go through my academic struggles and during that meeting I hadn’t seen them that happy and how proud they were in me before. I realized that many students like me have blamed the system for keeping them in a program where they thought they didn’t belong in and I was angry with the system for a while and the reasons why I had gone to a new school. Although, thinking back at all of it, I shouldn’t have been angry with the system or with my old school. I just needed to give myself more time and know that things will fall in
When I received special education services, peers and teachers were bothered. Peers acted diffidently because they knew I was “special”. The reason I used “special” is because to them, I was one of many special students in the school. Teachers looked at me diffidently rather then treating me like one of the other peers. Yes I had a disability, however they did not need to treat me diffidently. Robert was treated different in the story, the narrator was scared at first, he asked stupid questions, although Robert went along with it. Some of my peers and teachers were never supportive, I was known as one of the emotional students, because I was in the Emotional Impairment classroom. Just having that label was difficult to live back. It like how the narrator said “the blind move slowly and never laughed.” (Carver, Cathedral). Peers always thought EI students were unstable and violent, my thoughts as well. In sixth grade, a EI student bit the EI teacher, that is why I thought the same as my peer. Although now I was an EI student and now they thought I was that kid. By junior and senior year, I never was treated diffidently. The teachers and students understood that I was not emotionally impaired, I was just placed there on mistake, which I was. Although, I still had the label, which caused many opportunities to not become available to
I’ve pushed myself to pursue rigorous classes throughout high school. Though I didn’t make the grade I always wanted, I never lost hope and ensured that I gave my best effort and tried my hardest at all times. This hard work has paid off tremendously. I was able to complete my dyslexia curriculum by 8th grade. I was accepted into a magnet center for high school, which is one of the best in the state and is ranked well in the nation among high schools. I believe that my life, my education, my learning disability, and etc are all subject to my belief that my mindset is greater than my circumstances, and working hard paid off greatly. My situation as a dyslexic has taught me to pride myself in my ability to overcome any
I may have had to go out of class for reading and math, but a lot of kids did, too. I didn't mind that, as much, as the life skills class. I do feel like I am very backwards, a lot, still as an adult. Unknowing was very confusing, as well as frustrating. I still get very frustrated when I confuse dates or times, causing me to miss appointments. It is constantly a struggle.
I come from a family of immigrants, my cousins and I are the first generation born here, and so for our family going to school was a most. I always wanted to make my mom and family proud, but I started to feel pressured of attending school and knowing what I wanted to major straight out of high school. I was going to school but I didn't have interest in learning so I started to not turn in my homework, to skip class, and surely by the middle of spring 2015 I completely dropped out of college and there my mentality changed to a fixed mindset. I remember thinking about how scared I was to go to school, I was scared of failing everything. Dropping out of college was such a disappointment for my entire family, they put me down so much saying that I wasn't going to make it far in life, and that not going to college was such a disappointment. I was happy with my decision of not going to school; I knew I needed time to think of what I wanted to do with my life. I heard about the adult school having the medical assistant program, and I looked into it and when I least expected it I was
It has been really difficult for me because I have a learning disability. I struggle a lot in Math and English as well. Having this disability is horrible because i can’t learn as fast as the other students in my class and i’d get embarrassed to be asking the teacher for help over and over again. To overcome this I started advocating for myself which i couldn’t at first but one of my teachers, Ms.Lowe was the one who taught me how to advocate for myself. She is the one who influenced me throughout High School.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 states that a person with a disability (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, (2) has a record of such an impairment, or (3) is regarded as having such an impairment (42 USC 12101 [2]). Students with disabilities experience specific struggles that negatively impact their academic and social engagement. However, their needs are often not met by higher education institutions in comparison to other student identities. This comes from the stigma in our society surrounding disabilities. Children are taught from a young age that it is inappropriate ask an individual with a disability about their experience. These children grow up to be adults who feel uncomfortable being around those who may have a disability.
Even at this young age, I could already clearly tell I was different than everyone else; my parents had established that I was going to be getting a higher education. And to get this higher education I would have to excel in reading and writing. I lived in a strict household throughout my childhood. If I were to get a C in any class, I was to be grounded instantly. Luckily for me I have never gotten a C in my life. I have had a few close calls but never have I received a C before. I would
The most satisfying class I have taken is AP Psychology. For a major part in my life, I always knew that I was destined to participate in a career that involved the understanding of the mind. Since then, I have been fascinated with psychology, taking time out to watch ted talks about new theories or spending time looking for books and articles about the human mind. When I was aware that I could take AP Psychology during high school, I took the class with no hesitation. Even though I am more than fascinated with psychology, the reason why AP Psychology has been a satisfying class all stands on the teacher. My AP Psychology teacher used real life applications with all of the information presented in the textbook. She structured the class in such
Compassion, respect, empathy, and treating people with dignity are values I hold dear and have been brought up with and follow. When I was younger I thought as children do, that all children must be happy and have a safe place to live and a family who love them, however, as I got older I realised that this was not the case for many children. I felt a sense of injustice and realised then that I wanted to work in a job that helps care for children/young people and families, making sure their basic rights are met and they are safe. I feel that it has always been part of my personality to be a supportive, nurturing, caring and a community focused individual. Therefore it only seems natural for me to follow this instinctive sense of caring and
I’ve learned the rules of the game we call “school”. It has defeated me, I’ve played it twice as harder than anyone else, and I’ve changed it. When I was in the third grade I was held back and became an IEP student, due to my reading level being low. At the time I felt like I was a huge failure not only to myself but also to my family. I didn’t care about becoming an IEP student; I just didn’t want to be in the same grade as my sister. After going through all the paperwork, I started getting the help I desperately need. I had a tutor at school that volunteered her time to help me. I also had a family friend who came to my house to help me. When I was transitioning from Elementary school to Middle school, I began to gain some confidence in myself
Gender biases are a problem in many schools and gender equity has been used to help remove those biases. Equity refers to having equal expectations and treating students of different sexes and cultural backgrounds equally. Gender biases have been a problem in education for years. In the past boys and girls have had different expectations when it comes to education. Boys have generally been taught to take leadership roles and girls to take more passive roles. In recent years gender equity has helped remove gender biases from the classroom, giving boys and girls a more equal type of education.
The whole first year, I was in ESE classes, which meant I was too slow to be in regular classes, which hurt my self-esteem, growing up, I didn’t quite understand things explained to me and in elementary school, I was in a class that had 35-40 kids with only one teacher. I tried to keep with the other kids in the class, but I never could keep up with them, so my parents pulled me out and enrolled me in a progressive school because they thought that would be a better out for
Growing up, I was always insecure about my academic performances because I was about a year younger than most of my classmates. My reading was underdeveloped, and my teachers were concerned about my ability to read more mature literature. To aid my reading disabilities I was placed in an intermediate class. However, the class did not push me into the level I was expected to be. In other words, they "babied" me and have me read at the "level" I was capable of. So like any other American school, they just push you along to the next grade. It wasn't until I started the fourth grade, and I was shown the power of reading independently. I used my struggles to read, as my motivation to excel in reading.
Throughout people’s lives, many are tested, in which they are pushed to their own limits. These personal experiences help the person to realize what makes them different from others, what makes them unique and stand out from the crowd. Even, sometimes with these experiences, people learn more about themselves, push themselves to their limit and test their abilities to work under pressure and other times adapt. In my case, the most important experience that I went through that helped me develop skills that I use to excel in my academics is something that most people don’t go through until late in life, the loss of a parent, in this case, my mother.
A very harsh and personal experience that I have recently gone through was the fact that I am 18 and in the tenth grade, they held me back for a second time. I thought I was never going to make it..