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Solidarity!
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| CheshireKat |
Posted on June 04 2011 12:41 PM
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I just thought I'd tell you guys a story from the other night that would make you smile.
I was at a graduation party and several of us were sitting around eating. We were just talking about people we used to know, what they were doing with their lives now, etc. Anyway, I don't even know how anymore but eventually the topic of conversation came to college, and learning disabilities. One of the guys there said, "What are people with learning disabilities doing in college, anyway?"
I kid you not, at the same time THREE of us all jumped at his throat and said, "Hey, I have a learning disability and I'm in college so shut the @*$&# up!" There was no way for us to have planned it, it just happened like that, then we looked around at each other and laughed and were like, "Yeah, that's right!"
I just thought it was a really nice moment of solidarity among a couple of LD people who weren't afraid to stand up and say we have learning disabilities and to support each other in saying that we're not stupid and we definitely belong in higher education!
"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." - Eric Hoffer |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on June 04 2011 12:53 PM
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thumbs-up, Kat and the other party-goers for all coming together in the moment there 
Edited by RottieWoman on June 04 2011 12:54 PM |
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| Henevere |
Posted on June 06 2011 02:12 PM
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Awesome. I hope the guy learned his lesson.  |
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| dandy22 |
Posted on June 07 2011 02:02 AM
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That was really wonderful! I've never actually met anyone else with dyscalculia, and I think the hardest part is dealing with ignorant people (the world is full of 'em). I'm so glad that you all stuck together like that, it just goes to show that us LDs are growing stronger!
Equations are the devil's sentences. -Stephen Colbert |
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| Winter Rose |
Posted on June 07 2011 01:18 PM
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Good for you! Hopefully embarressed and humbled him a bit. |
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