All Entries to the FriendsOfQuinn Blog Contest

posted 11/02/2009, comments (0)

Dyslexia: A Blessing in Disguise.

Like Quinn Bradlee...I too graduated from The Gow School in South Wales, N.Y. (1991) Being frustrated in school and having a hard time making and keeping good friends was a daily struggle.  The way I got through it all was through patience and persistence and trying to make each day better than the one before.  I exceled at athletics... Read more

posted 08/13/2009, comment (1)

Learning Disabilities is Just One Title

My "learning disabled" sister graduated from high school in 1984 with a "real" diploma and not an attendance diploma.  She passed the comptency tests in place at time but with unlimited time to take the tests and parts read to her.  At the point she graduated, she was "learning disabled," but during the course of her school career she... Read more

posted 05/19/2009, comments (3)

The Circle window

I thought that I would write for those of you who are interested. I am a 27 year old male who has been diagnosed with having Dyslexia.  Hopefully for those of you out there reading somehow someway it will give you all courage to face the trials and tribulations of living with a learning disability. For relatives and friends of someone who has... Read more

posted 05/18/2009, comment (1)

My Son, My Teacher

My son is the best teacher I have ever had.  Because I believe in him, it has allowed me to learn more about the ability of every person, no matter who they are.  When I became a mother I worried about all the things I'd have to teach my son.  Yet he has taught me more about what success is than I could have ever... Read more

posted 05/12/2009, comments (3)

ASK LOOK AND LISTEN

The alarm rings loud It's time to get up another school day has begun I must find clothes that match and brush my teeth and hair The noisy school bus stops and I get in.. I say Good morning to my teacher, take a deep breath and sit at my desk, so many words, numbers and rules I try to listen, I don't understand I get scared, I want to... Read more