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“After Being Told I Was Stupid For Undiagnosed Learning Disabilities – Yesterday I Proved Them All Wrong”
With the odds stacked against you and everyone bringing you down, giving up seems tempting. But not for Phoebe. This Australian has been going through a lot while chasing her academic dreams, and she refused to let them go, embracing every difficulty life threw at her.
“Unfortunately I was bullied relentlessly for years,” Phoebe writes. “I just try use it as motivation.” She was shamed for being “too stupid” and being diagnosed with Dyslexia (a reading disorder), Dyscalculia (a difficulty in understanding numbers), dysgraphia (a deficiency in the ability to write), and ADHD (problems paying attention) surely didn’t help either. “Sadly, due to the harassment at school, I was too nervous to ever put people on blast or stand up for myself.”
Today, however, she doesn’t have to. The results of her persistent hard work are speaking for themselves. But don’t take my word for it. Scroll down to read Phoebe’s inspiring story she wrote herself!
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Celebrating Phoebe’s achievement, people were relating to her heartwarming story
What do you think ?
Beks Czar 7 years ago
I don't have a learning disability but I do have physical disabilities from having a poor immune system that started when I was 12. I had classmates who hated me and made me cry, a school system that was pissed for having to comply with the law, teachers who screamed at my mom over the phone during a school, teachers who told me I wasn't worth teaching, going to college and experiencing the same things over including the head of the disability office asking me why I was so difficult and how she knew someone with my same disease who can come to work every day, so wht the hell was wrong with me. And the killer, she berated me while picking her cold sore, making it bleed and then touching me. I couldn't complete my education because, well I've talked enough. **** If this is a true story, absolutely 100% standing ovation for her! When you're battling the inner demons of diseases, having to fight evil and negativity on the outside is hard, so incredibly hard. Good for her.
Heather Lennox 2 years ago
I'm Autistic with Dyscalculia. I was also told repeatedly by classmates and teachers that I was stupid, and I got the same c**p at home. When I left school because I had had enough of the bullying, I took a correspondence course and chose more advanced levels than the school offered. I taught myself and have the certificates to prove I am not stupid. My subjects were: Human Biology, Biology, Chemistry, English and Geography. I passed them. I later had an IQ test that showed I was a borderline genius. I became a member of MENSA. The mainstream education system is for bog-standard people, not for those who learn differently. Right now I'm teaching myself to read music and making headway. :D Don't let anyone tell you that you are stupid, because they're the stupid ones for making that blind assumption.
Beks Czar 7 years ago
I don't have a learning disability but I do have physical disabilities from having a poor immune system that started when I was 12. I had classmates who hated me and made me cry, a school system that was pissed for having to comply with the law, teachers who screamed at my mom over the phone during a school, teachers who told me I wasn't worth teaching, going to college and experiencing the same things over including the head of the disability office asking me why I was so difficult and how she knew someone with my same disease who can come to work every day, so wht the hell was wrong with me. And the killer, she berated me while picking her cold sore, making it bleed and then touching me. I couldn't complete my education because, well I've talked enough. **** If this is a true story, absolutely 100% standing ovation for her! When you're battling the inner demons of diseases, having to fight evil and negativity on the outside is hard, so incredibly hard. Good for her.
Heather Lennox 2 years ago
I'm Autistic with Dyscalculia. I was also told repeatedly by classmates and teachers that I was stupid, and I got the same c**p at home. When I left school because I had had enough of the bullying, I took a correspondence course and chose more advanced levels than the school offered. I taught myself and have the certificates to prove I am not stupid. My subjects were: Human Biology, Biology, Chemistry, English and Geography. I passed them. I later had an IQ test that showed I was a borderline genius. I became a member of MENSA. The mainstream education system is for bog-standard people, not for those who learn differently. Right now I'm teaching myself to read music and making headway. :D Don't let anyone tell you that you are stupid, because they're the stupid ones for making that blind assumption.
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