A dyslexic's frustration.
Frustration, a word I could not spell until recently. I guess it finally reached that magical number of times it takes beating it into my brain until it finally registers as another word conquered. (I just spent another frustrating eight minutes trying to spell conquer without a Q, such is the life of a dyslexic; write down, check spelling, choose word I think is the one I'm looking for, look up, wrong word, try another. Around the merry-go-round we go until I happen upon the word I want. I recognize it right off but must look up its definition to be sure). That is Frustration.
Sorry for the distraction, but it is a perfect example of why I chose frustration for the subject of this blog. Pick a random article on dyslexia and nine times out of ten, you will find frustration mentioned. It consumes a huge part of a dyslexic's life. Not that everyone doesn't experience frustration.
Frustration and all of its synonyms from annoyance to exasperation and from aggravation to pain, yes, look it up, pain is a synonym for frustration, and believe me, frustration can be painful. The older I get the more frustrated I become. You would think that after seventy years, your brain would absorb more than it does. Being that we only use ten percent of it. For crying out loud, what is the other ninety percent doing. I tell you, it's frustrating.
Showing posts with label Dyslexic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dyslexic. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The power of deduction
The power of deduction
Don't you just hate it when you come across an unknown word and when you look it up, you come away more confused than ever. Or you look up a word that is defined using a dozen other words that are more foreign than the first.
Case in point, this morning I came across sextile. I was excited because it sounded juicy and it was part of my Horoscope. Here is what I found. It starts out with the relationship between two planets, sounds kind of quirky to me but Venus, the Love Goddess, was one of them. And it ends up talking about energetic and enthusiastic natives making advances. More interesting. My intuition was right, it did have something to do with sex, sextile is the product of a successful union. Who said this dyslexic was dumb?
Sextile, from Wikipedia
In astrology a sextile is an astrological aspect that is made when two planets or other celestial bodies are 60 degrees apart. A sextile is considered to be highly benefic, being the sixth harmonic (360 / 6 = 60) of the 360 degree zodiac. Because the sextile is the sixth harmonic of the circle, it takes on many of the qualities of the planet Venus, therefore bringing many opportunities to the native.
It is similar to a trine in that it can bring out or accentuate the good characteristics in a suitable subject, although their influence is not quite as strong as a trine. It is one of the moderately powerful aspects.
An example of an aspect would be the Sun in 10 degrees Aquarius forming a sextile to Mars in 10 degrees Aries. In such an instance the native might have a great deal of energy and enthusiasm that he could use to make friends and advance himself.
Don't you just hate it when you come across an unknown word and when you look it up, you come away more confused than ever. Or you look up a word that is defined using a dozen other words that are more foreign than the first.
Case in point, this morning I came across sextile. I was excited because it sounded juicy and it was part of my Horoscope. Here is what I found. It starts out with the relationship between two planets, sounds kind of quirky to me but Venus, the Love Goddess, was one of them. And it ends up talking about energetic and enthusiastic natives making advances. More interesting. My intuition was right, it did have something to do with sex, sextile is the product of a successful union. Who said this dyslexic was dumb?
Sextile, from Wikipedia
In astrology a sextile is an astrological aspect that is made when two planets or other celestial bodies are 60 degrees apart. A sextile is considered to be highly benefic, being the sixth harmonic (360 / 6 = 60) of the 360 degree zodiac. Because the sextile is the sixth harmonic of the circle, it takes on many of the qualities of the planet Venus, therefore bringing many opportunities to the native.
It is similar to a trine in that it can bring out or accentuate the good characteristics in a suitable subject, although their influence is not quite as strong as a trine. It is one of the moderately powerful aspects.
An example of an aspect would be the Sun in 10 degrees Aquarius forming a sextile to Mars in 10 degrees Aries. In such an instance the native might have a great deal of energy and enthusiasm that he could use to make friends and advance himself.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
CHARACTERISTICS OF DYSLEXIA
Thirty-seven common characteristics of Dyslexia:
Here are the first sixteen. I'll post the remainder later.
Most dyslexics will exhibit about ten of the following traits and behaviors. These characteristics can vary from day-to-day or minute-to-minute. The most consistent thing about dyslexics is their inconsistency.General
1. Appears bright, highly intelligent, and articulate but unable to read, write, or spell at grade level.
2. Labelled lazy, dumb, careless, immature, "not trying hard enough," or "behavior problem."
3. Isn't "behind enough" or "bad enough" to be helped in the school setting.
4. High in IQ, yet may not test well academically; tests well orally, but not written.
5. Feels dumb; has poor self-esteem; hides or covers up weaknesses with ingenious compensatory strategies; easily frustrated and emotional about school reading or testing.
6. Talented in art, drama, music, sports, mechanics, story-telling, sales, business, designing, building, or engineering.
7. Seems to "Zone out" or daydream often; gets lost easily or loses track of time.
8. Difficulty sustaining attention; seems "hyper" or "daydreamer."
9. Learns best through hands-on experience, demonstrations, experimentation, observation, and visual aids.
Vision, Reading, and Spelling
10. Reads and rereads with little comprehension.
11. Complains of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading.
12. Confused by letters, numbers, words, sequences, or verbal explanations. Reading or writing shows repetitions, additions, transpositions, omissions, substitutions, and reversals in letters, numbers and/or words.
13. Complains of feeling or seeing non-existent movement while reading, writing, or copying.
14. Seems to have difficulty with vision, yet eye exams don't reveal a problem.
15. Extremely keen sighted and observant, or lacks depth perception and peripheral vision.
16. Spells phonetically and inconsistently.
© 1992 by Ronald D. Davis
Here are the first sixteen. I'll post the remainder later.
Most dyslexics will exhibit about ten of the following traits and behaviors. These characteristics can vary from day-to-day or minute-to-minute. The most consistent thing about dyslexics is their inconsistency.General
1. Appears bright, highly intelligent, and articulate but unable to read, write, or spell at grade level.
2. Labelled lazy, dumb, careless, immature, "not trying hard enough," or "behavior problem."
3. Isn't "behind enough" or "bad enough" to be helped in the school setting.
4. High in IQ, yet may not test well academically; tests well orally, but not written.
5. Feels dumb; has poor self-esteem; hides or covers up weaknesses with ingenious compensatory strategies; easily frustrated and emotional about school reading or testing.
6. Talented in art, drama, music, sports, mechanics, story-telling, sales, business, designing, building, or engineering.
7. Seems to "Zone out" or daydream often; gets lost easily or loses track of time.
8. Difficulty sustaining attention; seems "hyper" or "daydreamer."
9. Learns best through hands-on experience, demonstrations, experimentation, observation, and visual aids.
Vision, Reading, and Spelling
10. Reads and rereads with little comprehension.
11. Complains of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading.
12. Confused by letters, numbers, words, sequences, or verbal explanations. Reading or writing shows repetitions, additions, transpositions, omissions, substitutions, and reversals in letters, numbers and/or words.
13. Complains of feeling or seeing non-existent movement while reading, writing, or copying.
14. Seems to have difficulty with vision, yet eye exams don't reveal a problem.
15. Extremely keen sighted and observant, or lacks depth perception and peripheral vision.
16. Spells phonetically and inconsistently.
© 1992 by Ronald D. Davis
Thursday, June 18, 2009
MY STRUGGLES WITH SPELLING AS A DYSLIXIC
MY STRUGGLES WITH SPELLING
The bold words are ones I had to look up while writing this.
April 28, 2009. Today I struggled with my spell checker for about five minutes to find the word symphony. I know the word when I see it, but I couldn't spell it. I knew it had a "y" in it but I forgot its f sounding ph sound. I couldn't remember if it started with a, S, C, T, or THYN. Finally, I went to the internet to a list of musical terms where I recognized it under words beginning with "s". With this word I couldn't remember the proper pronunciation to clue me in on a proper spelling enough for my spell checker to be of any help.
May 11, 2009. Lost five minutes trying to spell abandoned. Recognizing words and spelling them must come from different areas of the brain. There, I just had a problem spelling, recognizing. Frustrating, a word I could never spell until recently. I have to stop and think, remember it starts with FRU not, FLU, the way I pronounce it.
Here's a sentence that will send a dyslexic up a tree. Does the does get a dose of the medicine too. I don't think I ever had a problem with too, to two, and there, their, or they're. They are all different and I have no problem with attaching the proper meaning to each. Further and farther never gave me a problem which it does with many people who are not dyslexic.
Dyslexia is a many faceted disability; what affects one may or may not affect another. But for a very few words, I see none backward. Somewhere during my life someone told me, I had dyslexia. They said dyslexics see things backward. Although some do, I never did. So whomever that was, I figured they didn't know what they were talking about. I went through life thinking I was dumb, lazy, and stupid; all that's a hard thing to shake free of.
Until the next time, have a great day.
April 28, 2009. Today I struggled with my spell checker for about five minutes to find the word symphony. I know the word when I see it, but I couldn't spell it. I knew it had a "y" in it but I forgot its f sounding ph sound. I couldn't remember if it started with a, S, C, T, or THYN. Finally, I went to the internet to a list of musical terms where I recognized it under words beginning with "s". With this word I couldn't remember the proper pronunciation to clue me in on a proper spelling enough for my spell checker to be of any help.
May 11, 2009. Lost five minutes trying to spell abandoned. Recognizing words and spelling them must come from different areas of the brain. There, I just had a problem spelling, recognizing. Frustrating, a word I could never spell until recently. I have to stop and think, remember it starts with FRU not, FLU, the way I pronounce it.
Here's a sentence that will send a dyslexic up a tree. Does the does get a dose of the medicine too. I don't think I ever had a problem with too, to two, and there, their, or they're. They are all different and I have no problem with attaching the proper meaning to each. Further and farther never gave me a problem which it does with many people who are not dyslexic.
Dyslexia is a many faceted disability; what affects one may or may not affect another. But for a very few words, I see none backward. Somewhere during my life someone told me, I had dyslexia. They said dyslexics see things backward. Although some do, I never did. So whomever that was, I figured they didn't know what they were talking about. I went through life thinking I was dumb, lazy, and stupid; all that's a hard thing to shake free of.
Until the next time, have a great day.
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