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Don't give up!

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Crystal

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Date Posted: 20:19:38 04/10/08 Thu

My mother was told when I was 12 that no kid making 90% in her classes could have dyslexia, there where wrong. At the end of grade 11 I was so stressed I went finally came out and admitted that I could read, and I need help. I was tested and found that I could only read and write at a grade 5 level but I comprehension was above university, explaining my good grade. In grade 12 when I was talking about going to university I was taken aside with a group of 'professionals' at my school and told that I could try but that I should look at going for 5-6 year and taking lighter class loads, that told me it would be to hard to do in four year. This month I will become the first member of my family to graduate university and I did it in 4 years.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Don't give up!	Anna Baum	03:25:59 04/22/11 Fri

Re: Don't give up!	Lauren Anderson (Joyful and Happy)	15:43:54 12/06/11 Tue

Re: Don't give up!	Scott Phillips (Down and Out)	11:37:44 02/24/12 Fri