> In kindergarten, I had a teacher (a semi-permanent > substitute while the > real teacher was on maternity leave) tell me I couldn't > read because I > couldn't write.
> 0_o > In third grade, I was reading better than most > highschoolers, but was in > a remedial writing class because I didn't have te > coordination to write > properly. I still can't write in cursive. I still am > clumsy. I still > read voraciously. > --Ben One of the brightest guys I know -- who got a GED early to accept a scholarship to a college in Rome where he got his Bachelors in English -- had really lousy hand-writing... coordination of the hand, or even wrote memorization of spelling really doesn't have anything to do with a person's ability to read and comprehend. Frequently people will recognize a written word without stopping to analyze the spelling -- then later turn around and mis-spell it repeatedly, because it wasn't really necessary for them to know that the word "carefull" doesn't have two L's - they read it as having the same meaning when it's written either way. My friend came back from Rome, had a job at a book-store briefly and then was unemployed for a long time due to a combination of depression, lack of motivation and simple lack of ability to sell himself in interviews. All of which are problems I struggle with periodically for one reason or another. Which also goes toward debunking the idea that a college degree makes you a valuable and productive employee or guarantees you better jobs. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://macromedia.breezecentral.com/p49777853/ http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 http://www.fusiontap.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151568 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
