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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 724583" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>As I reread this it jolted me into a memory. I was riddled with learning differences, disorganization and a short attention span. There was no help for this back then. I became in high school, depending on the class, either the teacher's annoyance class clown who disrupted the class or, if my friends weren't in one class, I laid my head down on the desk and shut my eyes or just wrote stories in a note book and if a teacher called on me, I just shrugged indifferently. That made even my non friends giggle. Teachers thought I was lazy and didn't like me. I didn't care.</p><p></p><p>I used to tell myself, "I would much rather the kids think of me as smart, but not trying than watch me try and struggle and know I'm dumb. And, in general, my peers thought I was smart but didn't try. I thought I was stupid, but nobody knew I felt that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 724583, member: 1550"] As I reread this it jolted me into a memory. I was riddled with learning differences, disorganization and a short attention span. There was no help for this back then. I became in high school, depending on the class, either the teacher's annoyance class clown who disrupted the class or, if my friends weren't in one class, I laid my head down on the desk and shut my eyes or just wrote stories in a note book and if a teacher called on me, I just shrugged indifferently. That made even my non friends giggle. Teachers thought I was lazy and didn't like me. I didn't care. I used to tell myself, "I would much rather the kids think of me as smart, but not trying than watch me try and struggle and know I'm dumb. And, in general, my peers thought I was smart but didn't try. I thought I was stupid, but nobody knew I felt that way. [/QUOTE]
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