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Never did well in school.

Mac78321

I will admit that primary and high school were not my most favourite times, Primary school was the worst I would say If the teachers cared about students wellbeing and understood that some students have difficulty. then the help would be much easier to get. One teacher in primary school always yelled and got angry because of my handwriting/spelling mistakes, not being able to do maths. I was tested for Dyslexia, ADD, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia and autism at the age of 4 and I wasn't diagnosed till I was age 20. So I don't know why it was never brought up then, In high school. I was there for 5 years and only passed Music, history and biology and just passed English, I failed all the other classes. The teachers just thought I was lazy and didn't take into account that I have learning difficulties. I know I'm not the only one who has had difficulties in high school or education in general.

Did anyone else had trouble in school maybe difficulties in certain classes? 

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  • The way children of school age get diagnosed relies on teachers to support the evidence of behaviours. Most teacher back then had little to understanding of autism and other learning disabilities and the teacher own interpretation what autism and ADD should look like has negatively effected multiple generations. 

    I had one teacher in primary school for just under a year who would physical knee, kick and trap my arm in cupboards tell me off because of my hand writing. 

    The same teacher forced me to wear a jumper in the hottest day of the year and wouldn’t let me take it off. 
    she would also tell me off for not wearing the school uniform which was extremely uncomfortable. 

    my school had learning centre and senso on site and refused to assess me despite multiple teacher pointing out that I had something wrong with me. I failed English, Religious studies, history because they couldn’t read my handwriting in the exams. 

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  • The way children of school age get diagnosed relies on teachers to support the evidence of behaviours. Most teacher back then had little to understanding of autism and other learning disabilities and the teacher own interpretation what autism and ADD should look like has negatively effected multiple generations. 

    I had one teacher in primary school for just under a year who would physical knee, kick and trap my arm in cupboards tell me off because of my hand writing. 

    The same teacher forced me to wear a jumper in the hottest day of the year and wouldn’t let me take it off. 
    she would also tell me off for not wearing the school uniform which was extremely uncomfortable. 

    my school had learning centre and senso on site and refused to assess me despite multiple teacher pointing out that I had something wrong with me. I failed English, Religious studies, history because they couldn’t read my handwriting in the exams. 

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