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Shattered Destiny
Overcoming a likely fate
In your life, have you ever struggled to learn, and you don’t why? You would always get low marks or grades in school, and school teachers did everything they could to help you, but it couldn’t resonate. Perhaps you had a condition, as a disability that you weren’t aware of. I had this problem for years, and if I knew about it earlier, it would have helped me in my education and learning.
Before I went to grade school, I had a challenging time spelling. The classes my mother put me in; they assisted with my spelling. They gave me a sheet of paper where I had to learn how to spell my name. I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t plan the letters. I would spend minutes staring at the sheet of paper while shaking and whining to spell my name. I overheard the teachers, “If Alexander can’t spell his name, he’s not going to elementary school.” I’m not sure how long it took to spell my name, but miraculously I achieve it. The problem persisted in elementary school, as I struggled to spell the simplest words. Words such as chicken, outside, and Spider-Man (I liked spider-man when I was younger). In second grade, during a spelling test, I scribbled in the answers because I didn’t know the words. I had another problem too, I couldn’t complete the work they assign me. At school, when the teacher was lecturing, I would rather draw than pay attention because I knew if I paid attention, it won’t help me. Each time I would receive my homework, I would stare at attentively, and push aside and go watch to TV or play video games; something which wasn’t as challenging.
My parents took notice, and they tried to help me, by doing test and going to therapy. Each test I did, my results would come out poorly. In every subject, I score inadequately, which made it seem as if I was slow. At therapy they attempted to find the problem, but they couldn’t diagnose because my condition wasn’t severe. They said I add autism, and a case of Aspergers. The spectrum didn’t exist yet, so they couldn’t flat out say I had autism. So, I spend most of my of grade school education having trouble learning. Every grade I entered, I would struggle with material, and instead of doing the work, I’ll go watch TV or play video games. My parents would put me in assisted help for students, but it didn’t cut it; I still preform poorly. Because of my learning…
