Not at all. Thank you very much for taking the time to write at length about the subject, I found it both fascinating and enlightening. You've previously mentioned some of these aspects of the way you perceive things, both written and visual, but this was much clearer with the extra details.
I had wondered before if the dyslexia was somehow related (in terms of brain processing) to your stated difficulties with driving, with "confusing right and left", which I think to most people, myself included, is something that makes no sense. How could one not get the difference between left and right?
But you are likely aware of the condition known as synesthesia, where some people perceive one sense as if it were another-- see sound as light, for example. It too sounds "impossible", but many cases have been documented now over the last several decades. Somewhere in the brain wiring, the "code" is written differently, with different results.
After one of your earlier posts where you mentioned the driving left/right issue, I even thought of calling it "visual dyslexia", which sounds a lot like your psychologist's "visual/audio coordination disorder" (VACD?).
No one form of education should be mandated. You are actively discriminating against the poor students who cannot learn that way, and that's cruel. No student should be made to feel stupid or less than because they can't learn the way that is currently mandated or dictated by some well-meaning adult who has never met them. (...) We do not live in a one size fits all world, no matter how much we wish we did.
Absolutely. But it does seem like educators are finally learning this, granted slowly at times. When I was taught reading and spelling via phonics, it helped me a great deal, and seemed natural and logical to me. To this day, I use it to figure out how to pronounce and even spell words I haven't seen before. Perfect example-- the word "synesthesia". I knew how to pronounce the word, but was unsure of the spelling. I took my best guess, after breaking the word into its phonic parts, then googled it to verify-- and I was right.
But that's my brain-- works perfectly for me. Others? Perhaps not. I knew quite a few students who, even in high school, couldn't read worth a damn. Yet they were good at other things. And you're right-- sadly, the normal explanation from most, teachers included, was that they were stupid or perhaps just lazy.
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Not at all. Thank you very much for taking the time to write at length about the subject, I found it both fascinating and enlightening. You've previously mentioned some of these aspects of the way you perceive things, both written and visual, but this was much clearer with the extra details.
I had wondered before if the dyslexia was somehow related (in terms of brain processing) to your stated difficulties with driving, with "confusing right and left", which I think to most people, myself included, is something that makes no sense. How could one not get the difference between left and right?
But you are likely aware of the condition known as synesthesia, where some people perceive one sense as if it were another-- see sound as light, for example. It too sounds "impossible", but many cases have been documented now over the last several decades. Somewhere in the brain wiring, the "code" is written differently, with different results.
After one of your earlier posts where you mentioned the driving left/right issue, I even thought of calling it "visual dyslexia", which sounds a lot like your psychologist's "visual/audio coordination disorder" (VACD?).
No one form of education should be mandated. You are actively discriminating against the poor students who cannot learn that way, and that's cruel. No student should be made to feel stupid or less than because they can't learn the way that is currently mandated or dictated by some well-meaning adult who has never met them. (...) We do not live in a one size fits all world, no matter how much we wish we did.
Absolutely. But it does seem like educators are finally learning this, granted slowly at times. When I was taught reading and spelling via phonics, it helped me a great deal, and seemed natural and logical to me. To this day, I use it to figure out how to pronounce and even spell words I haven't seen before. Perfect example-- the word "synesthesia". I knew how to pronounce the word, but was unsure of the spelling. I took my best guess, after breaking the word into its phonic parts, then googled it to verify-- and I was right.
But that's my brain-- works perfectly for me. Others? Perhaps not. I knew quite a few students who, even in high school, couldn't read worth a damn. Yet they were good at other things. And you're right-- sadly, the normal explanation from most, teachers included, was that they were stupid or perhaps just lazy.
Live and learn.
I hope.
Thanks again for the read! :-)