O hai—

[zeemike]

11. Well I never really thought I was ADD or ADHD

Actually I think I am dyslexic...

I had to repeat second grade because I was not learning how to read...I could do math just fine and in fact my sister taught me how to do Multiplication and division....but reading I just did not get what they were trying to teach me.
But my second time through second grade I had a teacher ...Mrs Batten...funy she is the only one I can remember....she taught me how to read...and I have no idea at all how she did it...perhaps I was just ready....and once I could read I became a voracious reader...I read many books on subjects I liked and to be honest I taught myself mostly in science...and mostly way beyond my years...I have excellent reading comprehension but I am terrible at spelling...So I am saying I know full well I am not a dummy and not slow at all...but I was slower to learn to read than others but when I finally did learn it it served me well.

Another thing I learned from this girlfriend is that I am a whole to part learner...as opposed to a part to whole as most teachers teach...the easy way for me to learn is to first understand the concept then the parts fall right into place.

But thanks so much for this interesting post...it was very helpful and I will read more of your stuff...tonight I will try Poetry which I love and have written some of myself.
And you sound like a wonderful person with a great passion to help people...
Peace.