tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237446155472519339.post6601208849584159628..comments2024-03-28T13:58:54.780-04:00Comments on Rhonda's Escape: Ditch the SAT — Permanentlyrhonda's escapehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16333998589746919994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237446155472519339.post-67485907038308806682021-08-26T22:40:10.287-04:002021-08-26T22:40:10.287-04:00Hi Connie,
What an encouraging comment. We all d...Hi Connie,<br /><br />What an encouraging comment. We all deal with our differences. What an interesting way to explain what you see/feel to someone that would understand it so well.<br /><br />Thanks Connie . rhonda's escapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333998589746919994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2237446155472519339.post-49147479417020691962021-08-26T20:50:28.374-04:002021-08-26T20:50:28.374-04:00Dyslexia, like transgender, is really an umbrella ...Dyslexia, like transgender, is really an umbrella term. Dyslexia manifests itself in different forms, just as with gender identity. My wife, of 49 years, has had to deal with her dyslexia her whole life, just as I have had to deal with my gender *identity* (I don't really care for that term). She had to suffer being called stupid by teachers just because she couldn't see things the way the teacher was teaching. I have been referred to as all sorts of terrible things just because I see myself as a woman, and that doesn't fit the norm. One of the reasons my wife has stuck with me for so long is that she has an understanding of how brains can be "wired differently." When I told her, once, that I saw something completely different when I looked in the mirror, she could relate, because she would look at a page in a book and see the incongruity. She's an avid reader these days, and she's worked out whatever incongruencies she might see. She can't explain what she does, or how she does it, but it works for her. In the same way, I have managed to live my life now as the woman I was born to be - without the need to explain myself to anyone else, especially to myself. And, that works for me.<br /><br />I applaud you, Rhonda, for your success in dealing with both dyslexia and gender incongruence. It seems like it would be a double-whammy, but it may also be that dealing with one helped in dealing with the other. Of course, I don't mean to try to explain anything for you; no explanation is necessary, anyway. As you say, "I love a success story."Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951206717208424386noreply@blogger.com