I listened to a YouTube video this morning that includes
MIT Professor Catherine Drennan discussing her dyslexia and its benefits.
Listed here are extracts from the video together with my feedback. LINK
Catherine Drennan:
“I
realized to learn by way of the shapes of phrases. You see issues in a different way when
you might be dyslexic, and that may be helpful in sure areas. This means to
visualize and see shapes and patterns is true.”
My ideas:
Studying to
learn by way of phrase shapes is a perspective shared by many lecturers.
I’ve defined this in my put up right here.
Nonetheless,
this assertion by Catherine could unintentionally be detrimental to different
dyslexics, as mirrored within the feedback on the YouTube channel. Mother and father of
dyslexic kids may encourage them to be taught phrases by form primarily based on her assertion.
A big
challenge for dyslexic kids who battle with studying is their issue in
understanding mixing when consonants are taught with extraneous sounds. Given
her background as an MIT professor, Catherine may benefit from researching
the explanations behind her personal studying challenges, together with having to repeat the
sixth grade. By the point she accomplished her second yr in sixth grade, her
mind had doubtless found out methods to learn—not solely by recognizing the shapes
of phrases.
Many kids
be taught to learn between grades 4 and 9, when their brains develop the
understanding needed to beat their studying difficulties. Catherine may
contemplate exploring how David Chalk realized to learn in simply 11 days on the age
of 62. Did he be taught by phrase shapes? Equally, how did Tom Cruise handle to
be taught to learn after the age of twenty-two? Was it by way of letter shapes?
Catherine Drennan:
“The
solely means you determine what you might be able to is to attempt it. You’ll be able to’t be
afraid to fall in your face. If you’ll do something necessary or
insignificant, it’ll be onerous, and there’s going to be failure. The
key to success is, effectively, that didn’t go effectively; let’s attempt that once more. So, choose
your self up and go proper again at it. In case you try this and love what you like to do,
and discover issues which might be cool, fascinating, and enjoyable, you may be
profitable.”
My ideas:
For each
dyslexic like Catherine, what number of depart faculty as illiterates? Many find yourself as
wonderful tradespeople and artists after they might have pursued careers as lecturers
like Catherine.
