School has never been an easy thing with tiny little learning disabilities living in my brain. Throughout elementary school and middle school I knew I was behind and that I was put in separate classes to learn the topics the class learned earlier. I would get made fun of when I could not spell out the word while reading a book or not be able to the math equations that were in front of me. I had such a hard time those years since I believed everyone else was smarter than me and I could never get to where they stand. When I began high school I knew the fact is that I have grown up and embrace my disabilities. I needed to tell myself how they shape me to be a hard working student and to show the world how cool it is to have learning disabilities. Having a consent tug of war with your head is rough but I need to show that it’s okay because it makes me stronger. It still too me a while to do this and get used to the fact everyone will know that I have difficulties but I needed to come clean so that I didn’t feel ashamed walking out of class to take a test somewhere else. No it is no shock to people when I bring up the fact that I have a learning disability and that’s awesome, I shouldn’t be ashamed of that.
Caring around learning disabilities makes me more focused on doing well with all my schoolwork. There is never a day when I put down the book because the words are getting jumbled, nope, I keep going and force myself to finish the chapter. Though having learning disabilities is no excuse to not do well in school or tell someone you can’t because “its too hard”. I take my time and strive to do my best in all my classes. I pretend to show people that it does not affect me at all because it is only a bump in the road to my success. It is a struggle, it truly is, but overcoming it and exposing people to how smart I am makes me unbelievably happy and I know it makes my parents proud of me as well. I do not let anyone tell me otherwise or let it bring me down. It will bring me down harder if you do not push yourself to get over it. I remember that there is many more people who are just like me who fight it and show that it’s cool to have dyslexia or ADHD, it’s nothing strange to hear anymore. I am no longer ashamed or sad when talking about having learning disabilities, because I know they have shaped my idea on trying my hardest in school no matter what barriers I have to pass through. I hope everyone else who is like me is proud of the things that make him or her different from others even if it is something that at first sets you back.
