"Frustration is expected," he said, giving a careless shrug, "but you're not stupid."
He pitied him, just a bit, for having been convinced that he was. Somewhere along the line he had probably learned to equate reading with intelligence and not knowing how to do it made him feel ... possibly substandard.
"Some people have difficulty learning to read because they process the written word differently to the rest of the population," he told him. "It doesn't make them stupid, it just means that they have to be taught slightly differently and use other ways of getting around what is easy for everybody else."
He gave him a bit of a smile.
"You obviously have a very keen memory," he said, approvingly. "That will certainly be an asset, but you need to feel comfortable with acknowledging your weaknesses. Doing this is just as important as playing to your strengths."
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Date: 2016-01-26 06:53 pm (UTC)He pitied him, just a bit, for having been convinced that he was. Somewhere along the line he had probably learned to equate reading with intelligence and not knowing how to do it made him feel ... possibly substandard.
"Some people have difficulty learning to read because they process the written word differently to the rest of the population," he told him. "It doesn't make them stupid, it just means that they have to be taught slightly differently and use other ways of getting around what is easy for everybody else."
He gave him a bit of a smile.
"You obviously have a very keen memory," he said, approvingly. "That will certainly be an asset, but you need to feel comfortable with acknowledging your weaknesses. Doing this is just as important as playing to your strengths."