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- 611: Dyslexia
- ... Greek “dys” meaning poor or inadequate and “lexis” meaning language. Dyslexia is a learning disability characterized by problems in expressive or receptive, oral or written language”(Wilkins URL). Simply put, dyslexia means trouble with reading, writing, and spelling. Dyslexia is not stupidity, laziness, lack of interest, or anything to be ashamed of. Dyslexia is not a disease; it has no cure and it will not go away. It knows no age ... or late developmental stages, such as crawling, walking or talking” (Grolier’s). Once these children begin school they might appear bright and highly intelligent, but unable to keep up with their peers in reading and writing. They test well orally, but when given a written test on the same subject they can fail miserably. Others might seem dumb or lazy, when in fact their efforts just go unnoticed. These students can ... the same areas. Trying to identify the exact source of the problem can be difficult sometimes” (Savage 54). As mentioned earlier, the three areas of learning in which dyslexic’s struggle with are reading, spelling/writing and math. When a dyslexic person reads he/she may experience dizziness, headaches and/or stomach aches. Reading for pleasure is out of the question. “They may get confused by individual letters and numbers, ...
- 612: Creative Writing: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
- Creative Writing: St. Valentine's Day Massacre Neither McGurn nor Capone ever thought that the planned assassination of Bugs Moran would be an event that would be notorious for many decades to come. Capone was lolling so ...
- 613: Creative Writing: An Unforgivable Choice
- Creative Writing: An Unforgivable Choice “What's the matter” a girl asked a ragged boy. “Nothing” the brown red-eyed boy answered. “Where's your good behaviour? it's not very polite to lie, I'm sure ...
- 614: Personal Reflection: John F. Kennedy's Assassination
- Personal Reflection: John F. Kennedy's Assassination The 13-year-old little girl sat by the old washing machine in her parents’ dark basement. She was hard at work globing red polish onto some worn-out ...
- 615: Personal Statement of Academic Goals and Course of Study
- Personal Statement of Academic Goals and Course of Study Growing up and attending schools in Enterprise, Alabama, I have always had a dream of returning to rural Alabama to touch the lives of students through education ...
- 616: Gary Soto's Like Mexicans: Personal Experiences
- Gary Soto's Like Mexicans: Personal Experiences My decision to write in response to Gary Soto's work, “Like Mexicans” was influenced for the most part because of the similarities between myself and Gary Soto, and our families included. Gary Soto ...
- 617: Canterbury Tales-a Personal Pe
- Canterbury Tales-A personal perspective on the Medieval Christian Church In researching Geoffrey Chaucer s collection of stories named The Canterbury Tales, an interesting illustration of the Medieval Church becomes evident. A crooked society exists within the corrupt, medieval ...
- 618: Creative Writing: Revenge of the Hacker
- Creative Writing: Revenge of the Hacker Richard was a normal looking kid, he did a lot of the same things that the other kids did, hung out with friends and talked his way out of the occasional ...
- 619: Creative Writing: “The Paradise Behind My Eyes”
- Creative Writing: “The Paradise Behind My Eyes” There is a paradise somewhere made especially for each and every one of us. I have spent my whole life searching, everyone and everywhere, for a glimpse of paradise. I ...
- 620: Creative Writing: American Dream
- Creative Writing: American Dream Every morning Joel Hardy was awoken by his alarm at precisely seven thirty-five. He would have a shower in the master bathroom on the third floor of his home. He would then ...
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