I read your post a few days ago and decided not to reply, but after reading all
the replies I thought I might add another view. I recently graduated college,
after 8 years, and I saw myself in your post. College in general is a lot of
work, especially when you want to enjoy college and all it has to offer. I
basically got burned out, I had enough of all the classes, and all the
responsibility. I don't know your son's story, as in work load, summer
courses. etc. But there a lot of demands as a college student, academic and
social. For me, it took longer to mature and take pride in my work, it took me
three years to actually care about my future. He may just want to experience
college, which means going to parties and what not. Which in my case played a
role on my effort and on my grades. Like I mentioned, I don't know your son,
but in my case I wanted to live the life of a college student. This is not the
answer to your question but more of something you should consider. It takes a
lot of effort and will power to graduate in 4 years. I transferred from a
college with a 2.4 GPA at age 21, then graduated with a 3.6. Some take longer
then others, but I feel the change and break was what I needed. Hope this
helps your peace of mind.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Beruh" <w.be...@gmail.com>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
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Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2010 4:08:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help
I don't know about the word "abstract" but the challenge has to be to
"translate" the "abstract" into concrete ideas and concepts he can
grasp. Writing ("translating") is reading comprehension -- being able to
identify or reproduce information in some kind of identifiable terms for the
self and the exam.
I don't visualize when I read per se, but this translation idea helped me
pass all my philosophy classes with flying colors once I discovered to do
it.
There is also the gross neglect and disdain (contempt) for rote memorization
in modern education that is annihilating a generation of students from
learning/studying certain subject matters in college.
I hope this helps your son, it helped me and I had/have struggled with
dyslexia and some kind of ld for all of my life.
The other suggestions are, of course, very good as well.
Good luck!
On 3/7/10, medwa...@daltonstate.edu <medwa...@daltonstate.edu> wrote:
>
> Karen,
> Has your son spoke with the Office of Disabilities at the college? They
> are most helpful and can recommend avenues to pursue. If he has been
> legally disagnosed as having a learning disability, he can receive services
> of OofD and because of their efforts, his work can be modified and
> instructors must adhere to the guidelines/requirements set forth.
> Seek their help first; otherwise, the frustration you and your son feel
> will only exacerbate.k
> Mary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carol Lau
> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 3:11 am
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help
> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
>
> > Linda Mood Bell teaches visualization to learning disabled students.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:
> > To:
> > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:04 PM
> > Subject: [MOSAIC] College Help
> >
> >
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > My son is 21 years old. He is a Junior in college and
> > struggles despite
> > > working extremely hard. After years of trying to determine
> > why learning
> > > is
> > > so difficult for him, a neuropsychologist discovered that he
> > does not
> > > visualize AT ALL when he reads or when he listens.
> > >
> > > I have read The Mosaic of Thought and have followed the
> > mailing list for a
> > > couple months now trying to figure out how to help him.
> > >
> > > We tried IdeaChain by Mindprime over the Summer and had some
> > success but
> > > the work he is doing in college is much too abstract for me to
> > try the
> > > methods used in that program.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help him with subjects like
> > > Biology/Physiology, Statistics, or any other college level material?
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > Karen
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