I ended up in the exact situation you did. My third grad teacher determined I was slow, was tested, found to have an IQ of 128 only to be put in 'slow' classes anyways by a school system that had no idea what to do with a child with a learning disability.
It was eventually determined that I had medical dyslexia (an inner ear imbalance) and was put on motion medication and Ritalin so I could concentrate. My personality and achievement level went through the roof and graduated high school with honors, something no one suspected I was capable of.
Don't let a label convince you that you can't do it. I still have trouble with spelling and higher math but otherwise am a useful productive member of society (a couple of years ago, I retested and my IQ, now no longer limited by my disability, had gone up to 134 regardless of my more advanced age)
If you are in the habit of spelling phonetically when you can't spell conventionally and occasionally have been known to transpose numbers, have yourself tested for dyslexia, it is a medical problem not a learning disability regardless of some 'expert' opinions and can be successfully treated.
What do I do for a living? I work in aeronautic engineering. I check other people's work for mistakes, and I'm very good at it.
Good fortune in all that you do. Believe in yourself. Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein were both dyslexic. You may be in good company.
Is there irony in having to pass a spelling test to comment on an IQ test?
Jun 21, 2008 Rating
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Dear Friend,
You have contributed a part of your exciting story. Your beginning shows a powerful end. You have not given your name and place but I have given you a name as Mr. Special.
I wish you to contribute more. You are an excellent story teller and I am dying to read the rest of your experience.
