Dyslexia

[Willlow]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7828121.stm

No doubt he will be hounded out of his job for this but I agree with the guy!

 

[Jeff]

Ture

 

[bocadillo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7828121.stm

No doubt he will be hounded out of his job for this but I agree with the guy!

Dyslexia is a fact - but it is still no excuse for poor teaching. My partner suffers from it - too old to have had it diagnosed at school and was allowed to 'bobble along' there. Lots of studying and learning as an adult has put at the top of her particular tree and she has made a success of life. But it can sometimes be very amusing trying to find out what the **** she is on about.

 

[City Fan]

I've always thought that lexdysia was just a lame excuse for someone with poor reading/writing skills.

 

[Steven]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7828121.stm

No doubt he will be hounded out of his job for this but I agree with the guy!

If we accept what the MP says as true, :icon_roll , then what have the Government been doing for the last 12 years.

 

[MKFox]

What have the Government been doing for the last 12 years?

exactly.....

 

[Profondo Rosso]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7828121.stm

No doubt he will be hounded out of his job for this but I agree with the guy!

:icon_eek: You agree that its a fictional condition!!??

 

[Willlow]

:icon_eek: You agree that its a fictional condition!!??

I believe that it has become an excuse for kids who struggle with spelling and writing.Rather then spend time helping the kid to learn they lable them dyslexic. It is an easy get out clause for the school and the kid.

I remember a couple of girls at university claiming they were dyslexic and gaining added time for coursework. Strangely it didnt stop them reading gossip magazines within half an hour.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

I believe that it has become an excuse for kids who struggle with spelling and writing.Rather then spend time helping the kid to learn they lable them dyslexic. It is an easy get out clause for the school and the kid.

I remember a couple of girls at university claiming they were dyslexic and gaining added time for coursework. Strangely it didnt stop them reading gossip magazines within half an hour.

Some people may take advantage of this offer, but there are a lot of dyslexic people out there who do get really good grades and do do really well in life, and some of them have to work a damn sight harder than the average person. Its a typical British attitude to be judgemental in a negative sense and presume that just trying to help some people who find it harder than your average person by giving them extra time or extra help that the individual is just goign to waste that :icon_roll

The only thing i would agree with from the article is that sometimes it does get diagnosed a little too easily, especially on young children, but to say it flat out doesnt exist is just plain bizarre and ignorant

 

[SJN-Fox]

But it can sometimes be very amusing trying to find out what the **** she is on about.

Thats not dyslexia, that's a gender thing.

 

[Nottingham Fox]

What are peoples thoughts on ADHD?

 

[SJN-Fox]

What are peoples thoughts on ADHD?

I try not to think about it for too long

 

[Jeff]

What are peoples thoughts on ADHD?

I'm not really a fan of that type of music.

 

[WALSHIESTACKLE]

What are peoples thoughts on ADHD?

Mmmm.....Not as good as the Motley Crew :thumbs_up


Damn my Dyslexic brain!!

 

[Darth Vodka]

my ex had Dyscalculia, she didn't know her left from her right either..i kid you not

she had to hold up her index fingers and thumbs and do "L for left"

"shite at Maths" i called it

 

[Motown Fox]

What are peoples thoughts on ADHD?

Well it certainly exists and it is something that can cause the person involved and his or her family a lot of trouble and strife

 

[bocadillo]

I believe that it has become an excuse for kids who struggle with spelling and writing.Rather then spend time helping the kid to learn they lable them dyslexic. It is an easy get out clause for the school and the kid.

The point is that it should not be allowed to be used as an excuse either by the child or by the school. Kids who suffer from dyslexia are not unteachable; they just have to be taught differently.

 

[highland fox]

What are peoples thoughts on ADHD?

You disgust me,do you know that ?

 

[newtonfox]

Well it certainly exists and it is something that can cause the person involved and his or her family a lot of trouble and strife

Agreed, my wifes uncles son has it ,he 13 now and with the right drugs (from the doc's) he's leading a normal life.

Although it took 6 years to get to where he is now because they had to find the right drugs to help him .

I think he had around 20 different types (DRUGS)before they found the right one that suited him .

 

[Dour]

my ex had Dyscalculia, she didn't know her left from her right either..i kid you not

she had to hold up her index fingers and thumbs and do "L for left"

"shite at Maths" i called it

I can't tell my left from my right, although maths is piss-easy. I didn't do the 'L for left' thing but had a number of other ways of working it out - such as you drive on the left. That rule was well ****ed when we moved abroad.