Koutsioukis: The Ecstasy Of Difficulty Learning

Learning disabilities are a life long struggle but if caught at a young age and early intervention takes place. The stress on the child and family is greatly reduced. Learning disabilities spread to every part of a child’s life affecting them socially. Teachers must remain professional and refrain from calling students lazy as in Adams case. A good teacher or specialist can demystify a learning disability and help a child’s

In Learning Outside the Lines, Jonathan Mooney expresses what it was like growing up with Dyslexia throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s. This proved difficult to him because during this time many public schools lacked the resources to help children like Jonathan, with their disabilities. Mooney writes in his book detailing constant narratives scattered throughout his schooling in which teachers and administrators would put him down and tell him that he was of below average intelligence. Mooney would express that at a young age in second grade, he would hate going to school because his teacher, Mrs. C, would constantly shame him for not being able to read and spell like the rest of the children. They placed him in a lower reading circle with other struggling students while he was teased by the other kids with higher reading levels. He was treated differently because he was different, but the school did not have the awareness to understand that he

The support system and people interacting with an individual with a learning or language disability play key roles not only in the individual's ability to learn but also in the outlook on life and self-image. This can be seen in Pat Schmatz novel Blue Fish, through two of the main characters, Mr. McQueen and Velveeta, and their important relationship they have with the protagonist Travis who has Dyslexia. Language and learning disabilities can be seen affecting more than just how a student learns, in the case study “Life on a Tricycle” it can be seen that language disabilities can result in problems in the formulation of speech that are “immature, labored, disfluent” along with “word-finding problems.”(339) In another case study “Language disabilities are Learning Disorders,” the authors discuss some of the behavioral problems children can face such as “playing appropriately and using non-verbal communication to make needs known”(25) These are just some of many problems students face when they are diagnosed with language and learning disabilities. In the case of Travis, he experienced troubles with communication with others, making relationships and being lonely, luckily though with the support of his peers, he was able to overcome these issues.

Yet again, his grandfather found him a high school, Germantown Friend's School (GFS) where he passed the entrance exam, the faculty at GFS were aware of Mark’s promising academic potential, but they were concerned about Mark’s deafness. He didn’t want to disappoint his grandfather so he decided to attend few classes. After that, it was convincing that Mark would be fine, but in reality, he wasn’t fine. He would have no clue about the discussions in the classroom, most of time he would just be in his own world because he wouldn’t know what’s happening around him. Mark thought that if he nods “yes” or says, “I don’t know” in most conversations, he would feel part of the group. Eventually, he got an interpreter in his classes, but even with an interpreter he would stay a few steps behind from the class. On the other hand, when other students saw the beauty of American Sign Language, they were mesmerized by it and some even went out of their way to learn it. Due to the lack of use of ASL, even Mark was sort of shocked that he was able to comprehend so much information through the communication of ASL. He stumbled through his years at GFS, but still graduated as the only deaf

This documentary film encourages students, families and teachers to look beyond labels and discover the gifts each child possesses. Kent observes the behavior four kids with learning disabilities to see what their everyday lives are like. While these kids struggle with things like the ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations, Kent illuminates their many talents that outshine their weaknesses.

In the essay “On Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to Read,” David Raymond offers information on him having the experience of dyslexia.  He explains how dyslexia plays a major role in his learning. In a positive and negative way.  Dyslexia doesn’t only stop him with other educational activities but effects his self-confidence. While dyslexia brought Raymond many struggles as a child, it also played a huge role in Raymond’s confidence such as him saying that he wanted to die since he was different to everyone else. David visibly tells us how his dyslexia held him back from every day activities as a child. While reading, he says, “My family began to suspect I was having problems almost from the first day I started school.” This quote makes

These children who seem to not to be able to do math or learn to read may have simply chosen instead to put their imagination and intelligence to other things outside of school. Personally, I am well acquainted with family members who have Asperger’s, severe autism, and cerebral palsy. These titles given to them could hold them back, however, each are exceptionally talented in their own way. My cousin Aerick was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at a very young age. He has had many disciplinary problems, nonetheless, outside of school he flourishes with technology and becomes captivated by different topics until he understands everything about them. In addition, I am also familiar with the idea of “reading in between the lines” like Akmir and the unnamed women. As a young adult, I have been enlightened to the darker parts of the world. As a woman, I recognize the inequality. Recently, I often read something or hear something on the news or television and I have become more and more insulted and slighted. This awakening has provided a different outlook on the world, and with it I hope to make a difference.

Furthermore, Amy is engaged in both his in-class and online sessions. She provides new and relevant information, promoting the critical thinking process of his classmates. Amy has shown personal growth as recorded in his self-reflection

He still goes to school and learns just like us he just has to get taught in a different way. He is secretly smart but just can’t do anything to show because he can’t talk and has know way of showing he is smart. That’s how I felt because from 1st grade to 2nd grade I had to wear this thing called a patch on my eye to help get it stronger so I can get some vision back in it and I had to deal with looking different and not being like everyone else because while everyone was out at recess 2 out of the 5 days I had to stay in and be tested and have all these numbers put in front of my face to help strengthen my eye. This is what I realized reading this chapter. (I don't know if this response really goes with the

Growing, developing and learning are the facts of life for all children. Each day children are faced with many new concepts and various challenges. Can you imagine how it feels for a child to face not only new challenges life has, but to face these challenges while living with a learning disability? These challenges are met not just when they begin school either. Students suffer from learning disabilities from the moment they begin learning, not when they start school. Learning disabilities are real and they affect millions of people. “One such disability that affects over approximately 15 percent of the total American population is dyslexia” ( Nosek 5).

Moore et al. (2010), suggest that students should “use existing skills to solve a problem”; they list the problems likely to be encountered as “limited time, research & insight, genre and evidence based critique” and according to Evans, (2013, 14), “We now accept that people find strategies that work for them from many different sources”. Moore (1971), determines that “the influence of distance on learners and teachers can be stated in terms of increased learner responsibility, the characteristic of an autonomous learner”. Freedom from

Learning is more than just receiving information. Traditionally learning was to be in campus, where students would interact with one a another, there were no other ways for learners to get educated beside going to the classroom and listening to the instructor. Nowadays the Internet has brought different ways for people to receive information, such as getting education and degrees online. A few years ago online education was never thinkable, and yet it has become to reality and it is widely expanding with popularity. Online education is a type of educational instruction that delivers learning to individuals to their own homes, and it is getting very popular among nontraditional student and others. Individuals prefer online education

On the other hand, an online course permits students the option and availability to enroll in a vast array of course choices regardless of their location. In so doing, it allows a student a unique opportunity to further their education anywhere in the world. After all, if one is in the United States or on a military base in Japan students can still attain an education from their home country and in their mother tongue via the Internet. However, lessons that take place in a physical classroom are confined to that location. Thus, students situated within the nearby vicinity of the school building typically can access the instructor’s lessons. Consequently, this creates a clear disadvantage to any student residing outside of the classroom’s surrounding area.

Online distant learning programs help make the easy connection of students in a program connect to the more accessible home environment in a simple way. Students are now given the option of getting their education and making their own schedules, without going through a second person in an easy more efficient way. Consequently, to succeed in online courses and programs the student must have good time management, a computer or laptop, and internet connection. Also online distant learning programs are subjectively done through monologue, not our dialogue; having been previously filmed and then posted on the internet stating course information, not caring about the viewers, or if the

But without the securities of the traditional classroom environment cheating has become a big concern in online education aside from cheating the quality of online education is also in question in addressed by article posted Greg Rodriguez which states “the level of effectiveness of educational technology is influenced by this specific student population, the software design that educators role, and the level of access to technology I agree that having a quality program is important but still requires much effort from both student and teachers to ensure success of the online program”. This is also true for traditional classrooms the use of online education impacted not only colleges but grade, middle, and high schools alike one of the biggest issues discussed on the topic of online learning is age and maturity an article written by Sam Dillon talks about the use of online learning in elementary and home schools. While I do agree with the statement made by Tracie Weldie, a native from Milwaukee, which home schools her three kids than there is no reason for Isabel to practice counting if she can already add not every child learns at the same rate and this will elevate, concerns the parent might have about their child being challenged to reach their full academic potential. Either the online