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HighIntensity
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I have some ld's but not advanced dyslexia per se. There are many times that we either write/say words backwords, this is as bad as it gets for me.
so I would have to say no. But getting your son tested is the best thing for him in the future, kudos. My parents were either to busy making money or getting to divorced, hence I did not get tested until the age of 22. At this points its a little late to overcome my deficencies (sp).
so I would have to say no. But getting your son tested is the best thing for him in the future, kudos. My parents were either to busy making money or getting to divorced, hence I did not get tested until the age of 22. At this points its a little late to overcome my deficencies (sp).
GinNJuice
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Thanks,
My son is smart as hell and has a great memory. If he hears a song or watchs a movie, he can recite all the lyrics/words back to you after only hearing it once.
But he's about a grade behind on reading speed and speach (he's in 2nd grade now). When speaking he uses a lot of "ummms and uhhhhs" between thoughts. When reading and writing he sometimes has the words backward.
My son is smart as hell and has a great memory. If he hears a song or watchs a movie, he can recite all the lyrics/words back to you after only hearing it once.
But he's about a grade behind on reading speed and speach (he's in 2nd grade now). When speaking he uses a lot of "ummms and uhhhhs" between thoughts. When reading and writing he sometimes has the words backward.
Lift Chief
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It's probably good to get him tested. I know personally when i was in 1st and 2nd grade i had difficulty sitting still and i was behind in reading and math abilities. They wanted to keep me back but my parents decided against it. By 4th grade i was getting straight As... i think some kids develop a little later than others. Just a thought 
GinNJuice
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Lift Chief said:It's probably good to get him tested. I know personally when i was in 1st and 2nd grade i had difficulty sitting still and i was behind in reading and math abilities. They wanted to keep me back but my parents decided against it. By 4th grade i was getting straight As... i think some kids develop a little later than others. Just a thought
Thanks,
that may be the case. My daughter was behind and having similar problems until the last half of her 2nd grade..... then she really caught up quickly and now gets straight A's.......... I have my figures crossed.
TEXgrl
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my son is having trouble in reading and was tested. we received the paper yesterday that said he qualifies for the help, so he exhibited some traits that indicated he has a learning disability. we are meeting with the school next week to discuss in detail what the results were. does anyone have any ideas on what we can do to help him? this year is the first year the state of texas is requiring that 3rd graders pass the taks test reading portion in order to be promoted to the 4th grade, and i'm really nervous he's not going to pass.
HappyScrappy
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starfish said:This may be a dumb question but I know little about dyslexia. Anyway, can a person be dyslexic in math and not dyslexic in reading/writing?
yes.
there are versions where people don't see words correctly. this hurts reading.
there are versions where people don't conceptualize numbers correctly. this hurts math.
there are versions where they can read it all fine - but can't translate it out to writing.
I/O issues of the brain.
on the good side, they are all things you can work around and/or even train your brain to "fix" - the brain is very malleable and they have shown that it remains so until death (they used to say that once you stopped developing from child to adult, then you really couldn't change the brain after that - but that has been proven way wrong lately).
TEXgrl
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yeah, my son does pretty well in math, or he has up until this point, where they are getting more into word problems, where reading and comprehension is required in order to solve the problem. HS, you seem to have some knowledge, you know of any tools to help mold the brain, so to speak?
HappyScrappy
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TEXgrl said:
my woman is a teacher - got her masters at Harvard. yay.
also have a good friend that teaches special ed students.
I could ask them for the tools - I mainly know stuff from it after talking with them.
I always thought differently until they set me straight.
I can ask them for good books on it if you want.
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KAYNE
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HappyScrappy said:
HAPPY
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. WHAT LEVEL DOES YOUR WOMAN TEACH? TEACHERS DONT MAKE ALL THAT MUCH MONEY. WHY WOULD YOUR WOMAN SPEND ALL THAT MONEY PAYING FOR HARVARD JUST TO BE A TEACHER??? THATS ON TOP OF HER UNDERGRAD STUDIES AS WELL.
I'M ASSUMING SHE DIDNT HAVE A SCHOLORSHIP. IF SHE DID, THEN NVRMIND. IT WAS ALL FREE AND I UNDERSTAND WHY.\
KAYNE
HappyScrappy
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KAYNE said:
while I personally am driven by money, not everyone else is.
Testosterone boy
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KAYNE said:
"Just to be a teacher?" Thats one of the finest professions around. They fight the onslaught of the moron at the expense of higher wages. They tend to experience unusually high job satisfaction, can have summers off, retire when young, and have tremendous job security.
Thats one group I respect, the ones who reject high finance and serve the public interest.
MassiveGunz
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bros, you shouldn't care about that shit.
kids are kids - they are cool with it.
the teachers were always fucking with me and I was all like, don't fuck with me and shit.
this bitch I work with was all liek, maybee you have a learning disabliiyt, and I said, no, maybe you do. an dhse was saying how that I probably did and stuff.
anyway, I woudln't trust her either.
I might have had one, I might not have had one. but I'm here, and I mkae well over $30K a year, and I can drink and I'm fucking stacked and the chicks love me.
so it really doesn't even fucking matter.
kids are kids - they are cool with it.
the teachers were always fucking with me and I was all like, don't fuck with me and shit.
this bitch I work with was all liek, maybee you have a learning disabliiyt, and I said, no, maybe you do. an dhse was saying how that I probably did and stuff.
anyway, I woudln't trust her either.
I might have had one, I might not have had one. but I'm here, and I mkae well over $30K a year, and I can drink and I'm fucking stacked and the chicks love me.
so it really doesn't even fucking matter.
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KAYNE
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HappyScrappy said:
while I personally am driven by money, not everyone else is.
SHIT, I GUESS SINCE I'M ALSO DRIVEN BY MONEY, I DIDNT REALLY THINK OF THAT POINT.
KAYNE
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KAYNE
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HAPPY
I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTION. DID SHE GET A SCHOLARSHIP, LOANS, OR WAS IT PAID FOR BY HER FAMILY? ALSO, WHERE DID SHE GO FOR HER UNDERGRAD STUDIES?
TEST BOY
YOU DONT HAVE TO LECTURE ME ABOUT TEACHERS. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD GET A 100% PAY INCREASE (THE WORTHY ONES ANYWAY). I WOULD LOVE TO BE A TEACHER BUT THEY DONT MAKE ANY MONEY. I MAY BE TEACHING SOME COLLEGE CLASSES SOME DAY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. HOWEVER, MY DRIVE TO BE RICH IS MUCH GREATER THAN MY DRIVE TO SATIATE MY NEED TO FEEL LIKE I AM HELPING KIDS.
WOULD IT HAVE BEEN BETTER IF I WOULD HAVE SAID "JUST TO MAKE MINIMUL MONEY COMPARED TO WHAT SHE PAID FOR HER EDUCATION" AS OPPOSED TO WHAT I ORIGINALLY SAID???
FOR MOST, AN EDUCATION IS AN INVESTMENT. YOU INVEST MONEY IN IT EXPECTING A RETURN (A GOOD JOB, SUCCESS IN LIFE, ETC.) ON IT LATER IN LIFE.
KAYNE
I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTION. DID SHE GET A SCHOLARSHIP, LOANS, OR WAS IT PAID FOR BY HER FAMILY? ALSO, WHERE DID SHE GO FOR HER UNDERGRAD STUDIES?
Testosterone boy said:
TEST BOY
YOU DONT HAVE TO LECTURE ME ABOUT TEACHERS. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD GET A 100% PAY INCREASE (THE WORTHY ONES ANYWAY). I WOULD LOVE TO BE A TEACHER BUT THEY DONT MAKE ANY MONEY. I MAY BE TEACHING SOME COLLEGE CLASSES SOME DAY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. HOWEVER, MY DRIVE TO BE RICH IS MUCH GREATER THAN MY DRIVE TO SATIATE MY NEED TO FEEL LIKE I AM HELPING KIDS.
WOULD IT HAVE BEEN BETTER IF I WOULD HAVE SAID "JUST TO MAKE MINIMUL MONEY COMPARED TO WHAT SHE PAID FOR HER EDUCATION" AS OPPOSED TO WHAT I ORIGINALLY SAID???
FOR MOST, AN EDUCATION IS AN INVESTMENT. YOU INVEST MONEY IN IT EXPECTING A RETURN (A GOOD JOB, SUCCESS IN LIFE, ETC.) ON IT LATER IN LIFE.
KAYNE
PinK233
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My child psych professor has a PsyD and she told us she makes about 50 grand a year....that's pretty bad pay for a person with a doctorate. In order to be a professor you have to have at least a masters degree, and with a masters you can probably make 40-50 grand depending on the school...I plan on teaching after I get my masters but once I get my doctorate there is no way I would be teaching anymore and getting that kind of salary.
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Citruscide
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I sure am glad I don't have any genetic defects to pass on to my children...
C-ditty
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KAYNE
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spentagn said:
SPENT
I REALIZE THAT BUT HE DIDNT SAY SHE HAD ON ADMIN POSITION SO I WAS ASSUMING SHE DIDNT HOLD THAT TYPE OF POSITION. DOWN HERE, IT REALLY ISNT WORTH IT TO TEACH. I BELIEVE LOUISIANA IS CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHERS PAY. EVEN COMPARED TO THE COST OF LIVING DOWN HERE (WHICH ISNT VERY HIGH COMPARED TO MOST STATES) ITS STILL AT THE BOTTOM.
KAYNE
vinylgroover
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TEXgrl said:
Fuck! I hope my future wife's gene's are as defective as yours tex
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Citruscide
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TEXgrl said:i dont think a learning disability is something that is passed on c-ditty.
are you suggesting i have defective genes?
I'm pretty sure just about anything can be passed on... children get their traits from their parents... if children have defects, it is their parents fault for possessing faulty genes... and then passing these defects onto their children.
It's just evolution... to weed out the mudbloods.
C-ditty
HappyScrappy
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Her family is wealthy. They paid for all of her prep school (3 years), all of her undergrad (4 years), and 2/3 of her masters.
I don't know how much Choate is per year, but Williams was around $28-34K per year, and Harvard was like $40K for a year or something fucked up like that.
She teaches 2nd grade right now.
She is from another country and in that country, school teachers make over $50K a year.
After she gets her PhD, she will be given full control of a school in her country - and there she will make over $100K.
But like I said - she doesn't really care about the money - she cares about the kids.
I don't know how much Choate is per year, but Williams was around $28-34K per year, and Harvard was like $40K for a year or something fucked up like that.
She teaches 2nd grade right now.
She is from another country and in that country, school teachers make over $50K a year.
After she gets her PhD, she will be given full control of a school in her country - and there she will make over $100K.
But like I said - she doesn't really care about the money - she cares about the kids.
KAYNE said:
HappyScrappy
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PinK233 said:
my dad was a chemistry prof for a college (analytical chemistry), and he only made $35K or so.
most profs either do it because they love it, or they make their money elsewhere.
incidentally, my dad left his position and entered biotech and straight off made 5 times his past salary and was given a car. He then went up to nearly twice that.
now he is kind of retired and writing books.
Testosterone boy
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HappyScrappy said:
So much for being a professor. I still think about getting a PhD sometimes. Sounds like you found a gold mine with the girl. In more ways than one, you know what I'm talking about.
Puddles
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Tex, there are many different LD's. Have they pinpointed one in particular? Also, has an eye exam been done? Sometimes poor vision will be mistaken for a LD.
My daughter has ADHD and Citruscide right on the money...I know where she gets it from. Of course, back in the 70's when I was a kid, they didn't diagnose such things...they just called us lazy. She's also got a higher IQ than average...again, those wonderful genetics. She's in 5th grade now, but last year she scored 11th grade, 5th month for her vocabulary comprehension, yet only 3rd grade, 7th month for spelling. Go figure!
There is a lot of info on the net and in libraries and book stores. Once you figure out what LD(s) you're working against, you can work with them. I hope the teachers will work WITH you through this...I've had to deal with some that I've had to put in their place.
My daughter has ADHD and Citruscide right on the money...I know where she gets it from. Of course, back in the 70's when I was a kid, they didn't diagnose such things...they just called us lazy. She's also got a higher IQ than average...again, those wonderful genetics.
She's in 5th grade now, but last year she scored 11th grade, 5th month for her vocabulary comprehension, yet only 3rd grade, 7th month for spelling. Go figure!There is a lot of info on the net and in libraries and book stores. Once you figure out what LD(s) you're working against, you can work with them. I hope the teachers will work WITH you through this...I've had to deal with some that I've had to put in their place.
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KAYNE
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MRS. PUDDLES
WHAT MEDICATION IS YOUR DAUGHTER TAKING FOR HER ADHD?
KAYNE
WHAT MEDICATION IS YOUR DAUGHTER TAKING FOR HER ADHD?
KAYNE
Puddles
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We tried no meds for a while (she was diagnosed in 1st grade but I suspected it the year before), but finally gave Ritalin a chance and it was wonderful. She would take 5mg in the morning and again at noon, then depending on how difficult her homework was, we'd either give it to her or not. I wanted to keep the meds down to a minimum. She's usually not medicated on weekends and school breaks. The 5mg's didn't work well after a while, so we tried 10mg's and they were too strong. I cut the 5's and did 7.5 for a while, then they came out with the once a day kind...it's 20 mg. slow release and this has been the best for her on school days...her homework is tougher almost every night now that she's in a higher grade. Also, less peaks and lows, and a stronger appetite with the slow release.
I homeschooled her last year for the first half of the year and didn't need as much medication because we had less distractions here. She's also not a morning person like me...her most difficult times for concentration are before noon. Her hyperactivity is stronger in the afternoons and evenings. She's also sensitive to sugars...which she craves.
I homeschooled her last year for the first half of the year and didn't need as much medication because we had less distractions here. She's also not a morning person like me...her most difficult times for concentration are before noon. Her hyperactivity is stronger in the afternoons and evenings. She's also sensitive to sugars...which she craves.
