Succeeding after High School, with Learning Disabilities
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
In this Washington Post blog entry, Meghan Benzel, who graduated with an associate’s degree from Landmark College in Vermont in May, talks about what she believes led to her success.
What I like is how her path to life and school success includes multiple stops. She starts with an associates degree from college and will add two years in AmeriCorps, to get structured, real-world experience, before continuing with college and completing her bachelor’s degree.
As I’ve always said, a compass is a better tool than a stop watch. It doesn’t matter how fast you get there if you’re going in the wrong direction.
As you say, Learning Disabilities do not have anything to do with success. Alexander Graham Bell and Walt Disney had learning disabilities.
“Educator,”
Having learning disabilities usually makes it harder to achieve success in school. Difficulties in school usually make it harder to deal with some parts of life after school.
But many people can achieve great things despite difficulties like having a learning disability.
And, unfortunately some people have a much harder time rebounding from the frustrations.
I wonder, how do we know that Alexander Graham Bell had learning disabilities?
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actually i found this article i was wondering if one of you could give me a hand. I go to an LD school that ill keep the name of to myself but thats not the point. the problem is that i’m now in my final year of high school and my plans are to go into criminal justice and i was hoping that one of you might be able to help me find a college that would be good cause honestly i have some bad LD’s and i do not want to end up dropping out i plan to be successful so i would love to get some help if you have an idea or two i could use all the help i can get