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Lin Lee Liu
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Yes, good luck. Let us know what you find out about this spelling thing. I'd like to hear an expert's opinion on my layman theories - maybe I should find one myself and chew her ear. (I do hope that's an international metaphor...)
There seems to be a no man's land between 'competent speller' and 'dyslexic' and I'd guess a LOT of people fall in there. It's just most of them don't have the courage to write.
So, good on you.
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breezy2rufus
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There seems to be a no man's land between 'competent speller' and 'dyslexic' and I'd guess a LOT of people fall in there. It's just most of them don't have the courage to write.
Are well you see this is where you find out how nutty I really mam. I went to a Local Dyslexic centre and did a pretest and yes there is a good chance that I'm dyslexic....oh joy. They've put me in touch with someone who should be able to help or at least point me in the right direction. Apparently they don't test adults as there isn' t benefit from getting the diagnosis (it also costs £200-300 to get the test done) so here I am with a good chance of being dyslexic. I'm off to see this helper tomorrow and hopefully I can then get things moving.
In the meantime I guess I'm going to have to get used to naff language remarks coz writing is too much fun I'm not giving up.
The note is going though then at least people can make their own minds up.
Yours
Meredith
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Athene
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Quote: Lin Lee Liu, Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 10:40 ... There seems to be a no man's land between 'competent speller' and 'dyslexic' and I'd guess a LOT of people fall in there. It's just most of them don't have the courage to write. .... If someone is not dyslexic and not a competent speller ... doesn't that simply mean that they can't be bothered to learn? No one is born knowing how to spell, any more than anyone is born knowing how to do algebra, or ride a bicycle. These things have to be learned, and that takes time, patience and application. It's a bit like fat people claiming they have a slow metabolism. Maybe one in a thousand do. The rest just eat too much and don't do enough exercise. (This isn't getting at you, Meredith - it certainly sounds as if you have a specific syndrome that makes spelling difficult for you, and I wish you all the best in getting some proper help for it).
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breezy2rufus
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Quote: Athene, Wednesday, 17 Mar 2010 18:13Quote: Lin Lee Liu, Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 10:40 ... If someone is not dyslexic and not a competent speller ... doesn't that simply mean that they can't be bothered to learn? No one is born knowing how to spell, any more than anyone is born knowing how to do algebra, or ride a bicycle. These things have to be learned, and that takes time, patience and application. It's a bit like fat people claiming they have a slow metabolism. Maybe one in a thousand do. The rest just eat too much and don't do enough exercise. But then how easy is it to tell the difference between poor application and low inate ability. Metabolism tests are certainly easy; this is far from that, especially as it isn't just spelling that's affected (probably the wrong one but you know what I mean). 3.5 hours of testing and lots of money to boot should give us all a good idea of the problems involved. F.Y.I. I was forever being told I wasn't trying hard enough and that I could do better.... Who knows maybe I'm deluded, but my tester certainly wasn't. Here's to not giving up. See you Meredith
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dancingsue
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I hope you feel positive about this diagnosis, Meredith. Once you know the problem, you can get on with finding the solution. You may be able to find a tutor who can point out and correct your writing as it happens. I think understanding the problem is a big step forwards and you should feel more confident, not less, because it wasn't your fault when you made mistakes at school. Good luck to you! Sue
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Athene
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Hear, hear. It certainly sounds as if they've been very thorough, and I'd say you have every reason to hope that they will come up with a good way forward. A one-to-one tutor who understands exactly what the problem is would obvioulsy be optimal. Good luck, and let us know how it goes.
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Nestat
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Quote: Athene, Wednesday, 17 Mar 2010 18:13 It's a bit like fat people claiming they have a slow metabolism. Maybe one in a thousand do. The rest just eat too much and don't do enough exercise. That's fairly harsh, consistently losing weight is very hard work which is why many obese people are healthier than skinny people.
Writing for yourself is writing for others: "My book could very well end up being reconstituted as a trestle table in a home for battered women." - Alan Partridge
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Athene
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Not harsh, just realistic: most people who are fat are fat because they eat (and/or drink) more calories than they burn. I agree it is extremely difficult to lose weight, though I'm not sure how you get from there to the idea that people who are obese are healthier than those who are skinny.
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Nestat
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Quote: Athene, Thursday, 18 Mar 2010 20:02Not harsh, just realistic: most people who are fat are fat because they eat (and/or drink) more calories than they burn. No, it's because they did so at some point in their lives. Even if you eat less than you need, you won't necessarily lose fat. Quote: Athene, Thursday, 18 Mar 2010 20:02 I agree it is extremely difficult to lose weight, though I'm not sure how you get from there to the idea that people who are obese are healthier than those who are skinny. Because exercise plays so little a part in weight loss, but not many people realise this. I know plenty of fit, fat people and plenty of skinny, unfit people too. Sorry to get off-topic there. I take your point, but I just felt your comparison was akin to lumping dyslexics with those who can't be bothered to learn to spell. Most of those fat people probably tried to diet, failed miserably because they didn't understand how to do it properly, then had to find some explanation for why it wasn't working.
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Athene
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It worries me that the current trend is to regard obesity almost as an illness - cf references to an "obesity epidemic." The result is that many obese people feel it's okay to go on stuffing down the calories - because they're ill so they can't help it, and it's up to someone else to "cure" them of being obese.
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