This article is my vindication! Hahahaha...I knew it! I knew I wasn't alone and I knew that this was a problem that was much more widespread than we've been lead to believe.
I've been told for years that my struggles with math were just because I didn't apply myself in school...I heard this and believed it up until I was in grad school and working with a neuropsychologist in Salt Lake City. One of the assessors there tested me out of curiousity, and after some prodding by me. The test indicated that I probably had a moderate case of dyscalculia. Looking back on my educational experience it all began to make sense...trouble with fractions, multiplication tables, algebra, etc. so on and so forth...
I mean I have an outstanding memory, not to brag but it is far better than most...but for some reason numbers just don't stick. I can't remember my multiplication tables, no matter how many times I review them. Fractions are worse. Geometry was really bad...something about the Pythagorean Theorem and the introduction of letters into numerical equations really threw me for a loop. And yet I was told that it was me being lazy, not applying myself, and in the case of one teacher, I was told that I must be on drugs (I wasn't). But, even if I tried as hard as I could, I still couldn't get it. Even brutal sessions of summer school with Mrs. Strange didn't make a difference. But enough reminiscing or complaining or whatever it is I'm doing.
I guess that I'm just trying to say that I'm glad to see that this is an issue that is finally getting the attention it deserves. More on this to come...if I get motivated and feel like exposing more about my school experience. You'd probably get a laugh...
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