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| Bythesea |
Posted on August 20 2012 02:24 AM
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It's like none of it matters.
No matter how great I am at other things, this dyscalculia thing is always following me. People think I'm smart. That's because they don't know I can't even do basic arithmetic. How can a person be smart if they can't do something as simple as that? I feel like fraud.
Meanwhile, the academic world thinks I'm an idiot. The fact that I'm a gifted writer and am very knowledgeable about my area of interest means absolutely nothing. It doesn't matter that I get A's in every other class if I can't pass math. All the work that I put into my studies ultimately means nothing because I am working at a 6th grade math level. It hurts. The situation fills me with utter despair.
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| Mulee |
Posted on August 20 2012 03:04 PM
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I get where you're coming from. I enjoy writing myself and I'm quite good at it, but people always seem to think, "if you can't get this simple acquisition right, than what CAN you do? "
it is as if you're not trying.
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| justfoundout |
Posted on August 20 2012 09:19 PM
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8/20/12
Hi Bythesea and Mulee,
Nice to see you both here. I'm glad that you've already 'found' each other and have a buddy to comiserate with. I'm without home internet for the past few months. It's been a relief to see how dyscalculia has been at the root of many of my financial failures, despite hard work.
I've just recently (in the past few days) had a brush with what you are both discussing here. I've had to choose jobs, classes, and degrees to pursue according to what I can 'do', and not what I'd rather do. I've never had success with 'business' even though I can clearly see the 'strategies'. Just keeping track of receipts seems to unwieldy for me to manage. - jus' |
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