What's the dinner tonight?
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Not quite for dinner but Fox and I baked up some chewy chocolate chip cookies. Just had one with a cuppa and can confirm that they are just like shop bought cookies. The boy done well! 
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Grammar was never my strong point, lack of education and self educated throughout most of my adult life. Most of this time has been spent battling with being dyslexic and memorising word spellings and reading. Thankfully my Son does not suffer from this and is doing well at school.
Thank you for pulling me up on this, so I can memorise it to.
No cookie and soap is not a good combination.
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Darron,Grammar was never my strong point, lack of education and self educated throughout most of my adult life. Most of this time has been spent battling with being dyslexic and memorising word spellings and reading. Thankfully my Son does not suffer from this and is doing well at school.
Thank you for pulling me up on this, so I can memorise it to.
No cookie and soap is not a good combination.
I was only pulling your leg, now I feel guilty.
So how about bickie scented soap? Almond flavoured (amoretti), perhaps, or coconut macaroons. Peckish now.
Regards,
Chris
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No don't feel guilty Chris, I know that my grammar needs improving and I am not ashamed of this fact or when someone points out something. Though I do feel the need to explain why I make mistakes often. I do try hard, progress is rather small, slow and often I'm frustrated with my spelling and grammar. More so with my spelling because I kind of know I have spelled a word wrong, where as with grammar I am totally unaware most of the time when I have done something wrong. The most frustrating times are when a word I can normally spell on a good day and on another day no matter how many variations I write it, even including the correct spelling my mind tells me it's wrong. This I find very frustrating, or when spell checker highlights something I have typed as being wrong and it has no idea of the word I am trying to type, and it presents me with a list of replacement words that I am clearly not trying to type. I can do a word battle for a few minutes against the browsers spell checker before I give in and normally have to Google search the word, their spell checker is more in tune with me and better than the browsers spell checker. Google is an extension to my digital writing tools. Below is an example of how I use Google, see photo. Misspelled word → Egsample → trying to spell Example
It can also be funny at times, especially when I press send then read my post for the eighth time, always after I press send I notice something that needs an edit. Sometimes the word I use has a completely different meaning and can make me have a laugh at myself.
Because of my dyslexia I have mental blocks on certain letters, not always, it comes and goes. When I have a block I try to spell a word the way I think it sounds. What I am showing above with the word egsample is believe it or not a good example of how I would try to spell a word. I know it's wrong and can't for the life of me think of how to spell it. Most of the time I can reconise the correct spelling, and some times I can even spell it correctly then have a block and think it's spelt wrong. Just to show how often this happens. I will leave in my spelling mistakes in this paragraph and how I think they are spelled.
From now on I will just put brackets around my spelling mistakes that the checker flag up.
Only one word, (reconise) two if you include egsample. Sometimes it can be many and to write a forum post or an email can take me a very long time. If I didn't have the spell checker and the option to use Google as I do, then I would of either had to of found another way to (partisipate) in online forums using a quick method or would of been a casual and very slow forum poster, especially using a paper dictionary instead, which I have been known to throw at the wall on my bad days in (frustraition).
I am not making any of this up, it really is a constant battle that's been going on for most of my life. I refuse to give in to it and I push myself every day and night by doing something that involves writing or reading. I am very (consious) about it and normally do a good job at covering it up, but you know what it feels good to finally talk about it and get it out. A computer to me is a very important tool for self (edgucation) and communicating, it has helped me to develop as a person and in learning new skills. Suffering from dyslexia, (and it annoys me that I can actually spell this word dyslexia) is not all bad because I have noticed I posses other skills that most people don't have, and before you lot ask, no I can't fly!
I guess you can't have everything in life and be like everyone else and who is to say that your neighbour or colleague at work is not hiding a problem they have also.
@Darkbulb you might understand now why I was excited about writing with a fountain pen. I get through a lot of paper, have to constantly proof read it which involves lots of copies before I can send a letter, it must look OK to me before I can send but I actually enjoy it.
@Nishy the letter I sent you took me ages and was rewritten quite a few times. It felt good to be able to write that letter, it made me feel proud of myself.
@Burgundy to be able to reply to your letter with a fountain pen also made me feel good. Yes I know I could write before with a normal pen, the problem was I never had the interest to write a letter because it just took me so long to do with so many corrections and the feeling of frustration with myself. My (writting) and spelling has improved over the years from using PC's, reading and constantly making notes every day for as long as I can remember now. The fountain pen has really given me the (enthusiasium) and interest to want to write letters.
What I should do in future is use the pc to make a draft letter then copy it from a print out. Less (wasteage) of expensive paper and it should be quicker doing it this way.
So there you have it, and please don't feel guilty Chris why should you, how was you to really know the extent of the problem?
This post has taken me over two hours to write.
Sorry for hijacking this thread and there is no need for anyone to respond to this post, I don't expect anything other than to explain why I struggle with writing and grammar.
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Darkbulb
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Great, great post my friend and thanks for sharingNo don't feel guilty Chris, I know that my grammar needs improving and I am not ashamed of this fact or when someone points out something. Though I do feel the need to explain why I make mistakes often. I do try hard, progress is rather small, slow and often I'm frustrated with my spelling and grammar. More so with my spelling because I kind of know I have spelled a word wrong, where as with grammar I am totally unaware most of the time when I have done something wrong. The most frustrating times are when a word I can normally spell on a good day and on another day no matter how many variations I write it, even including the correct spelling my mind tells me it's wrong. This I find very frustrating, or when spell checker highlights something I have typed as being wrong and it has no idea of the word I am trying to type, and it presents me with a list of replacement words that I am clearly not trying to type. I can do a word battle for a few minutes against the browsers spell checker before I give in and normally have to Google search the word, their spell checker is more in tune with me and better than the browsers spell checker. Google is an extension to my digital writing tools. Below is an example of how I use Google, see photo. Misspelled word → Egsample → trying to spell Example
It can also be funny at times, especially when I press send then read my post for the eighth time, always after I press send I notice something that needs an edit. Sometimes the word I use has a completely different meaning and can make me have a laugh at myself.
Because of my dyslexia I have mental blocks on certain letters, not always, it comes and goes. When I have a block I try to spell a word the way I think it sounds. What I am showing above with the word egsample is believe it or not a good example of how I would try to spell a word. I know it's wrong and can't for the life of me think of how to spell it. Most of the time I can reconise the correct spelling, and some times I can even spell it correctly then have a block and think it's spelt wrong. Just to show how often this happens. I will leave in my spelling mistakes in this paragraph and how I think they are spelled.
From now on I will just put brackets around my spelling mistakes that the checker flag up.
Only one word, (reconise) two if you include egsample. Sometimes it can be many and to write a forum post or an email can take me a very long time. If I didn't have the spell checker and the option to use Google as I do, then I would of either had to of found another way to (partisipate) in online forums using a quick method or would of been a casual and very slow forum poster, especially using a paper dictionary instead, which I have been known to throw at the wall on my bad days in (frustraition).
I am not making any of this up, it really is a constant battle that's been going on for most of my life. I refuse to give in to it and I push myself every day and night by doing something that involves writing or reading. I am very (consious) about it and normally do a good job at covering it up, but you know what it feels good to finally talk about it and get it out. A computer to me is a very important tool for self (edgucation) and communicating, it has helped me to develop as a person and in learning new skills. Suffering from dyslexia, (and it annoys me that I can actually spell this word dyslexia) is not all bad because I have noticed I posses other skills that most people don't have, and before you lot ask, no I can't fly!
I guess you can't have everything in life and be like everyone else and who is to say that your neighbour or colleague at work is not hiding a problem they have also.
@Darkbulb you might understand now why I was excited about writing with a fountain pen. I get through a lot of paper, have to constantly proof read it which involves lots of copies before I can send a letter, it must look OK to me before I can send but I actually enjoy it.
@Nishy the letter I sent you took me ages and was rewritten quite a few times. It felt good to be able to write that letter, it made me feel proud of myself.
@Burgundy to be able to reply to your letter with a fountain pen also made me feel good. Yes I know I could write before with a normal pen, the problem was I never had the interest to write a letter because it just took me so long to do with so many corrections and the feeling of frustration with myself. My (writting) and spelling has improved over the years from using PC's, reading and constantly making notes every day for as long as I can remember now. The fountain pen has really given me the (enthusiasium) and interest to want to write letters.
What I should do in future is use the pc to make a draft letter then copy it from a print out. Less (wasteage) of expensive paper and it should be quicker doing it this way.
So there you have it, and please don't feel guilty Chris why should you, how was you to really know the extent of the problem?
This post has taken me over two hours to write.
Sorry for hijacking this thread and there is no need for anyone to respond to this post, I don't expect anything other than to explain why I struggle with writing and grammar.
Burgundy
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Overcoming barriers is what it's all about. In the best scenario, schools and parents can come together to guide kids through their difficulties but far too often kids are left to muddle through on their own. Some of these kids develop coping strategies on their own (see @Fox's use of Google's predictive search). Others don't, as we know, and fall through the cracks.
I teach at a secondary comprehensive and am all too aware of how schooling advantages and disadvantages different kids. In my own (middle class) experience, I coasted through school without bother while my brother, who has 'learning difficulties', was written off for a long time. In fact, my parents were told by his Year 1 teacher at Parents Evening that he would never pass a public exam in his life. From a professional point of view, there is a complete range of barriers to learning - from dyslexia to sensory impairments. We are all wired differently and a kid who's fantastic at physics may struggle to learn languages, for example. But of course there are students who have recognised 'educational needs'. Sometimes these will be multi-layered. I teach one fifteen-year-old with 'severe' autism whose family circumstances are heartbreaking: his family is penniless, his father died a few months ago, and he is the main carer for his mother. Schooling for him is as much (if not more) about providing emotional support and socialisation as it is about academic progress.
Unfortunately, there is no 'one size fits all' approach to dealing with learning difficulties and, even today, they're not necessarily dealt with as well as they could be within and outside of school.
Within the education system, you need to have staff and facilities that have the ability and will to support all children as individuals. There has been huge amounts of investment gone into this in previous decades. Most schools should have members of staff who are trained to work with a variety of special educational needs and the physical spaces in which to do so. Teachers are fed information on certified children and are expected to 'differentiate' for their needs. Outstanding teachers are alive to this whereas unsatisfactory teachers are by definition incompetent. Keep in mind that a secondary school teacher of a humanities subject at my place typically teaches 11-13 different classes per week with class sizes of up to 33.
Home life is hugely important. From various studies, parental background is the arguably the largest factor in students' academic success. They set the agenda, they create the home environment, and they provide the role models. Nobody else has the insight into and influence over a young person like a parent should. Most parents get this. Others don't. Others unfortunately can't. The worst just don't bother. As a teacher, Parents Evenings are fascinating! My own parents didn't accept the verdict of my brother's Year 1 teacher. They did what they could and he passed his GCSEs, A Levels, undergraduate and post-graduate degrees. He currently works in litigation for an area within the civil service.
And then you have the individual pupil. Some talk about a 'growth mindset' vs a 'fixed mindset'; i.e. If I ask for more difficult practice questions I should get better at trigonometry[/i] vs I'm rubbish at maths so what's the point in trying?. It is ultimately down the the attitude of the individual to overcome their own barriers. I've seen more than a few children of despairing parents and teachers throw it all away. Equally, I've seen other kids far exceed the low academic expectations set upon them by others (sometimes even against the will of the parents!). But supportive parents and an effective school make life so much easier.
But to go back to overcoming dyslexia, you're certainly not alone in what you do, Darron! My dad doesn't hand write anything beyond his signature and the occasional personal list. Spell check, predictive text, secretaries and my mother see him through. Here are three notable people with the same forename who expressed that they have struggled with dyslexia: Steven Spielberg, Steve Redgrave and Steve Jobs!
I teach at a secondary comprehensive and am all too aware of how schooling advantages and disadvantages different kids. In my own (middle class) experience, I coasted through school without bother while my brother, who has 'learning difficulties', was written off for a long time. In fact, my parents were told by his Year 1 teacher at Parents Evening that he would never pass a public exam in his life. From a professional point of view, there is a complete range of barriers to learning - from dyslexia to sensory impairments. We are all wired differently and a kid who's fantastic at physics may struggle to learn languages, for example. But of course there are students who have recognised 'educational needs'. Sometimes these will be multi-layered. I teach one fifteen-year-old with 'severe' autism whose family circumstances are heartbreaking: his family is penniless, his father died a few months ago, and he is the main carer for his mother. Schooling for him is as much (if not more) about providing emotional support and socialisation as it is about academic progress.
Unfortunately, there is no 'one size fits all' approach to dealing with learning difficulties and, even today, they're not necessarily dealt with as well as they could be within and outside of school.
Within the education system, you need to have staff and facilities that have the ability and will to support all children as individuals. There has been huge amounts of investment gone into this in previous decades. Most schools should have members of staff who are trained to work with a variety of special educational needs and the physical spaces in which to do so. Teachers are fed information on certified children and are expected to 'differentiate' for their needs. Outstanding teachers are alive to this whereas unsatisfactory teachers are by definition incompetent. Keep in mind that a secondary school teacher of a humanities subject at my place typically teaches 11-13 different classes per week with class sizes of up to 33.
Home life is hugely important. From various studies, parental background is the arguably the largest factor in students' academic success. They set the agenda, they create the home environment, and they provide the role models. Nobody else has the insight into and influence over a young person like a parent should. Most parents get this. Others don't. Others unfortunately can't. The worst just don't bother. As a teacher, Parents Evenings are fascinating! My own parents didn't accept the verdict of my brother's Year 1 teacher. They did what they could and he passed his GCSEs, A Levels, undergraduate and post-graduate degrees. He currently works in litigation for an area within the civil service.
And then you have the individual pupil. Some talk about a 'growth mindset' vs a 'fixed mindset'; i.e. If I ask for more difficult practice questions I should get better at trigonometry[/i] vs I'm rubbish at maths so what's the point in trying?. It is ultimately down the the attitude of the individual to overcome their own barriers. I've seen more than a few children of despairing parents and teachers throw it all away. Equally, I've seen other kids far exceed the low academic expectations set upon them by others (sometimes even against the will of the parents!). But supportive parents and an effective school make life so much easier.
But to go back to overcoming dyslexia, you're certainly not alone in what you do, Darron! My dad doesn't hand write anything beyond his signature and the occasional personal list. Spell check, predictive text, secretaries and my mother see him through. Here are three notable people with the same forename who expressed that they have struggled with dyslexia: Steven Spielberg, Steve Redgrave and Steve Jobs!
halvor
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With your screen name, I imagine you'll pop a '62 La Tache or something?