tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947580832429520795.post3652242035030507311..comments2023-09-27T09:18:09.684-05:00Comments on Our Plain and Simple Life: Foggy Mountain? We got it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315996496008524220noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947580832429520795.post-41981866422262901902010-01-18T15:02:24.645-06:002010-01-18T15:02:24.645-06:00Two of the very brightest people I know have slopp...Two of the very brightest people I know have sloppy handwriting. In fact, both of them still print - no cursive. One is 20, and the other is 50+. Don't be discouraged. I am partially disleksic, and doing copywork is a nightmare - looking back and forth from book to paper drives me up a wall. I almost feel sick. My little brother is seriously disleksic, and we just had to let him find his own path. The thing he could do best was read things in which he was personally interested. He was NOT interested in textbooks. Dad made a rule in our house that anytime my brother got wound up about something we had to sit and patiently listen to him read about it out loud. One year it was Charles Lindbergh and James Thurber, of all people. As for book reports in school, he made up the books AND the reports. They were more interesting than the stuff the other kids were actually reading. He couldn't write them out, so he would dictate and someone else would type for him. The English teacher didn't want to admit she had never heard of the books, so he got away with it. He marches to the tune of a different drummer, but he has started several private companies and done some very innovative things. I know Jacob is a challenge, and he is so fortunate to have a mom like you. It's not always easy being bright! You know that yourself, right?? Hang in there! LizMyBulletinBoardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961091298654325887noreply@blogger.com