| So what is learning disabilities really all about? The | | | | young child that grew up in a poverty-stricken home. |
| following report includes some fascinating information | | | | The child was raised by a paranoid schizophrenia, and |
| about learning disabilities--info you can use, not just | | | | mothered by a woman that was defeated by the |
| the old stuff they used to tell you. | | | | man she called her husband. The mother taught this |
| From the day we are born, we have the ability to | | | | child that boys were better than girls were since this |
| see, hear, smell, touch, and even relate to the people | | | | is how she was forced to believe. The mother also |
| around us. A newborn baby can sense its mother | | | | let the child know that a child is to be seen, and |
| when she is near. The baby has the ability in the | | | | never heard, and sometimes seeing the child is a |
| womb and after birth to sense when a mother is | | | | waste of parental time. |
| sad, happy, depressed, tense and so forth. | | | | The father taught the child that talking, crying, over |
| Therefore, we can see learning begins when the egg | | | | happily, showing any emotions at all was a source of |
| is futile. | | | | trouble. The child feared the father in that if she |
| If a child is reared by, a mother that suffers bipolar | | | | showed any emotions that angered him logically or |
| disabilities the child will learn to act out irrationally, | | | | illogically. She would reap punishment. |
| since mother is an example. If the father is an | | | | The young child was taught that education had no |
| alcohol, the child might learn to drink when the | | | | value, other than a system that was controlling the |
| emotions are threatened. A child might even resort | | | | lives of others. To a degree, this man was right since |
| to alcohol if he or she feels happy for no apparent | | | | the National Education Association is constructed to |
| reason. The child may believe as he or she was | | | | rule, rather than to focus on helping each child learn |
| taught that happiness is punishable. | | | | individual. |
| What children observe and hear are examples that | | | | Later, as the child grew she observed children |
| help determine the direction a child may adhere to in | | | | mocking, mimicking, criticizing, and hurting others. At |
| life. This does not mean that the child grew up in a | | | | the same time, she watched as the teachers stood |
| dysfunctional home with parents that lack the ability | | | | by punishing the children that fought to protect their |
| to support the family. Rather, we have alcoholics, | | | | self against the bullies. She observed the leaders and |
| bipolar, mental illnesses, and other complexities in | | | | how they behaved when complex problems |
| homes of all occupations. | | | | presented self. The result was war! |
| There is not one person singled-out in life to suffer | | | | Now the woman could have learned to act out as |
| more than others do, so it appears. Once this child | | | | the people around her acted, but she had her own |
| reaches the age to attend Head Start he or she will | | | | beliefs and this she stood firm that no one would |
| meet the person that will teach them a new set of | | | | tear her down. As you can see, this woman had a |
| rules. The rules may include happiness is a good thing, | | | | tremendous struggle ahead, since complexity was |
| while irrational thinking is bad. | | | | attempting to hinder her learning ability. Yet she |
| Now the child is confused because mommy breaks | | | | learned by investigating, analyzing, comparing, |
| out into uproar when stress hits and dad gets drunk | | | | contrasting, observing and so forth to find the facts |
| every time he looses control. Dad appears happy | | | | to prove her stand in life. Now look carefully at this |
| under that mechanism that temporarily brings relief, | | | | illustration and tell me. |
| but the child knows that the happiness is false | | | | What do you see or what you have learned from |
| pretense. | | | | the story? Can you see that learning is effective |
| Therefore, the child evaluates the new teachers rules | | | | when we stand up for what we believe based on |
| comparing them to the rules his parents forced him | | | | facts to prove our allegations? If you cannot see, |
| to believe. Where were his beliefs? How do his | | | | then continue the complexity of understanding |
| beliefs fall into the picture? | | | | learning disabilities. |
| His beliefs are rarely seen because everyone that | | | | Now you can understand why there's a growing |
| teaches us, teaches us to believe in accordance to | | | | interest in learning disabilities. When people start |
| their learning. | | | | looking for more information about learning disabilities, |
| You can see that there's practical value in learning | | | | you'll be in a position to meet their needs. |
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