News to the Ignorant, no pun intended
By: Compubomb @ Oct 19, 2005 @ 3:12 am
Yes, I go to a community college, which is not such a bad thing. I go to community college not only
for the financial savings benefits, but also due to my poor performance in my highs school
years--sleeping in class was my specialty. Anyways, because of that, my ability to self motivate has
been subjected to a lot of brainwashing as far as procrastination goes. My parents haven't exactly
drilled into my skull that procrastination leads to poor performance in anything, unless your name
is "little man Tate"--like in the movie. Anyways, I'm in school right now and I've had to retake
many of the courses I took in high school and as they say, the third times a charm; I passed them
all without too much effort, I mean, I put effort in, but not like now. So now I'm taking chemistry
101 and Calculus 1. I'm struggling like no tomorrow, in due part because what I didn't mention was
that when I was younger, I did not learn to read--to read well--until I was probably in 6th grade.
My dad spend probably upwards of sixty thousand dollars, I kid you not; they diagnosed me with
dyslexia and supposedly I'm what they call a visual special learner and that I supposedly have a 152
IQ--I'm not trying to brag, this by no means judges a persons true intelligence.
Fast forward say 10 yrs and I'm now in college for my 3rd year, I fail 2 tests, both chemistry and
calculus tests; both on the same day. So I think to myself, what is the ultimate problem I have when
taking tests--anxiety. I talk to several people: my friends, my family, and some professionals;
every one I know thinks it couldn't hurt to look into getting myself some extra time for tests and
to rid myself of the retched 8.5 x 11 inch desk chairs I have to use in my Calculus course. So I
signed up for I believe what they call D.P.S (Disabled Persons Services) or something to that
effect. I talk to a councilor and tell them my sob story and guess what, they give me a consult to
meet up with a professional Psychologist--yippy, not! Remember I said I have major anxiety, they
tell me I'm going to go through a battery of testing just to prove that I have anxiety impairments
and ultimately, dyslexia inhibited learning problems. I almost regret ever doing it just because of
the idea of taking more tests. Ugh! Why do I have to be considered disabled in some way to be given
a get-out-of-jail card to get extra time for a damn test, but then again, I also get to take the
test in an Air-Conditioned room with lovely ergonomic chairs that is incredibly quiet with
ergonomically designed desks to avoid bending my head too much. Yippy, I guess it's worth it.
