The entirety of my education from Kindergarten through the twelfth grade, I’ve struggled with dyslexia. Over the course, time helped me improve my study skills. I had to learn what ways best suited my needs. Most persons that are diagnosed with Dyslexia do not ever overcome their disability. Those who were never diagnosed, are most of the time wrote off as just illiterate.
I thank God that I decided to go to college at Cambria Rowe Business College. At this college you take a mandatory class on The Secret of Success by Lou Tice . Through this corse I have come to terms that I’ve found the best way for me to learn is actually doing it, walking through the steps. In other words I am a kinesthetic learner. For example I know how to build a house from digging the hole in the ground to set the foundation, straight though painting the last wall of the finished house. Now I’ve never been to school for carpentry never even looked at a single instruction manual. I did however; grow up in a business almost my whole life. I’ve learned by trying out things on my own. Like how to work a nail gun, sander, and a buffer for examples.
One of my most favorite jobs ever held was being a waitress. I love the pace of the work and the details that accommodate daily tasks. When you work with the public you are always adapting always learning. Being a great waitress consists of socializing a bit with the customers. They all come from all different walks of life. There’s always something interesting you can learn from all of them, even when you just observe.
All the 24 years of my life I’ve become very well rounded in performing arts, creation, and design. Plus being a Libra adds to my ability’s. I am very outgoing and can find joy in about anything. Someone can show me how to play a song on my saxophone, piano, or whatever and I pick it up in the matter of minutes. I can be read a line from my instructor and act it out and never forget it for a play. This is possible because I did it right there and then; hands on activity. While I played basketball back in high school I found it was easy to remember plays, only because the coach used me as a prop to teach us the plays. He would direct me step by step where to go in the presentation at practice.
Now I know I am a kinesthetic learner. I also benefit as a part time visual learner and full time detailed learner as well. All of these learning styles help me out, but mainly just doing something hands on is my preferred and most helpful way to learn. It’s easier for me to remember. So I pray you feel what the point is that I am trying to express. Dyslexic people are not slow, stupid or mentally challenged. We just learn differently. Same goes with auditory and visual learners. You can’t expect an auditory learner to get what you are saying by throwing a book at them. Nor, can you expect a visual learner to get it by an audio CD or a lecture alone. It just will not register and you will not get through. Everybody has a preferred way to learn in order to be successful in life as a whole. You just have to figure out which one you are and it will help you succeed.
