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| Scott1964 |
Posted on July 10 2012 08:34 PM
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I just found this site I was job hunting and decided to see if I could find any jobs not requiring math and I typed in Google math disabilities and found this site. I am 48 and have I have had math issues since I was in elementary school my mom had me tested for learning disabilities but after the testing the powers that be said I had nothing wrong. My mother always felt it was a money issue with the city at the time and they didn't want to spend it on me.
Im not sure what to say umm I managed to get through College I ended up taking art I was in my 30s when i went to school again I remember looking at all the majors offered that didn't have math as a requirement I was tested again in college for learning disabilities and the testing said I had a 3rd grade math level I would say that was an optimistic view I thinks its more 2nd grade. Whats really funny is I have a job in a school system working in the school library I keep trying to find jobs higher up the ladder or in other library's but with the economic crap out of work librarians get those jobs oh well. anyway im rambling so I will go for now. |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on July 10 2012 09:56 PM
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What a hilarious success story! Good for you for getting that art degree. I've been saying, here on the forum, that any degree you can finish is a 'good degree'. People without dyscalculia have no idea how sad it is to look for something that you can actually 'do' and not find any options that don't include math. Even if it's math thats only one notch above what we are able to do, it's still unattainable. I mean, if we could do it, we'd have done it already.
I was enrolled in a BFA program (yep! made it through the portfolio review and got into the program) but my art is representational, and the teacher over the 'painting' concentration wasn't going to play around with giving me time to further develop even 'more' representation ability. She gave me a B. In the BFA, you know that the teacher over the 'concentration' you are going for is 'everything'. So, I jumped ship and am now finishing a BA in Spanish. Don't know quite what I'm going to do with it, since nobody will hire you to teach Spanish with just the BA. Need a Masters to teach Spanish.
And you made it into working within the School system, which is a great accomplishment. I can't get hired by my college. I've tried, but now I'm tired of getting dressed up, cramming my feet into 'heels', and being so nice in the interview, only to have the girl rush me out the door so that I don't bump into her next interview on my way out.
I didn't get the MLD diagnosis either on my first try. I attribute this to all the late night math homework that I did through High School. My math was just good enough to make it difficult to get the diagnosis. I had to be re-tested to get it. But in your case, it sounds like the psychologist might not have even been aware of dyscalculia. With 3rd grade math, you surely should have gotten the diagnosis.
If you have any desire to go back to college for more credentials, please do get tested. It will be the Wechsler IQ test, taking about 4 hours, and costing more than you want to pay. I'd say, at least $450, unless you get it done for free through your State Vocational rehabilitation agency. But you probably have too good of an employment record to qualify for that. Another possibility for cheaper testing is to be tested at a University with a Masters in Psychology program. Grad students need subjects to test.
So glad that you've come across our forum. Nice to meet you. - jus'
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| Scott1964 |
Posted on July 10 2012 10:43 PM
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Thank You Justfoundout it wasn't easy I remember going to the university job consular and she said to me that my chances for a better job if i had taken the harder classes. I was furious I was thinking "HARDER" it was hard very hard I was happy I made it.. I work as a media assistant at the elementary level. I have been trying to get a web design business going but with the economy as it is people around here don't want to spend money on websites. I also want to get enough money to start a home based travel agency.
let me post this website for anyone who might want to start a web design business the software is reasonable priced
http://www.artist...
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on July 11 2012 02:31 PM
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welcome, Scottt1964!
Glad you found us! I was diagnosed in college after continually failing remedial college math.
I've always really enjoyed libraries and they have at times been a haven for me. |
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| Scott1964 |
Posted on July 11 2012 02:43 PM
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Thank you RottieWoman I am the same way when I graduated from highschool I would spend hours everyday at the local university library teaching myself about things I was interested in which the public schools never touched. |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on July 11 2012 02:50 PM
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 yeah,, libraries are often a wonderful wealth of info...there's a lot that schools actually don't teach..... |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on July 11 2012 03:47 PM
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Scott,
That comment from the Uni job consular was so sad. I've had other friends that would get this kind of feedback. One man (not dyscalculic) had a Masters in some kind of social work and years of experience in counseling. Yet, when he tried to get a job with a community college, what he heard was that it was the 'wrong kind' of Masters in social work, so that it would have taken him lots of money and perhaps another year to turn 'his' masters into one that would match the requirements for that specific job that was available. People didn't have this kind of problem in decades past. And this makes it so that many older folks aren't aware of the challenges that the younger generation is facing.
I like libraries, too. But I'm usually on their computer these days. I don't have internet at home any more. Couldn't afford it. Glad that RW found you here, too. - jus' |
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| Scott1964 |
Posted on July 11 2012 04:07 PM
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did I read right that you are in school now? what is your major? also I just found out that Einstein had dyscalculia |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on July 11 2012 04:25 PM
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Hi Scott,
Yes, I'm close to finishing a BA in Spanish. I'd lived in South America for many years and learned Spanish there. I would never have been able to learn Spanish the way that it's taught in schools and college. I can't memorize anything nowadays. I used to be able to memorize pretty well when I was young. But I'm an 'older female'. The good news is that, since I already speak Spanish, I've managed to keep passing the classes right on up into the upper levels (4000). At this point, when I look around me, almost every single person is a Heritage Speaker. Those who aren't hispanic were likely raised by American parents who were living abroad when they were little. It's a point of honor to me that I'm able to keep up with the native speakers. My Intro to Spanish Linguistics class last semester was taught entirely in Spanish and the textbook was in Spanish. The amount of reading was actually too much for my eyes. In anything but the lightest of readings, I read slower in Spanish than I do in English, though my comprehension is always good. I got a high B in that course,... still just a B on the transcript, of course,... but I was happy to have been able to finish it successfully.
I'd wanted to do the BFA because art is just so much fun, and I'm good at it, too. I would have loved to be an art teacher. Teaching language is hard work. I've had two things 'good' happen in the past two days. One cc emailed me yesterday saying that they accepted my proposal to teach a continuing education class in how to make moccasins. And this morning, another cc called me to ask me to send them my 'plan' for teaching a continuing education class in Spanish. When he first called, I asked whether he was calling about me teaching 'moccasins', ESL, or Spanish. So, after he said 'Spanish' and we'd discussed it, he then asked me to also send him my plans for 'moccasins'. :-) It may be that I've invented a job for myself teaching continuing education classes! - jus'
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| Scott1964 |
Posted on July 11 2012 04:35 PM
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thats fantastic I have wanted to learn Spanish but unless I live in a Spanish country i doubt i will be able to learn it well/ congratulations on the teaching possibilities |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on July 11 2012 05:02 PM
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Thanks. Yes, and even though I'll be 'teaching Spanish' for a living, I agree with you. What a person really needs in order to learn a language is to live in a country where that language is spoken. - jus'
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