A little about me when it comes to writing, grammar and spelling!
Let me start by saying, yes I know I am not a great writer. I’m not a good speller and I’m not great at grammar.
I grew up in a very small town and went to a small school. When I was younger I always thought I was dumb or stupid because I could not read as great as the other kids. I always got picked on and made fun of when it came to my reading and writing. I never understood why it was so hard for me and I really punished myself when it came to it. When I was in the 6th grade we moved to Katy Tx. At which point I found out that I had dyslexia. I had no idea. They put me in a special class to help me out and was not aloud to be put in athletics (I was very upset) Well we only lived in Katy for a year before moving back to my home town.
When we moved back my mother went up to the school and talked to them about this problem that I had. Reminder I did not know how to read until I was in six grade. They told her the only thing they could do was to put me in Special Ed which was a different part of the school away from all the other children. I told my mom I was not un teachable and had no mental illness that I did not want to go to special Ed. So I had a choice to stay in normal classes with no help or go to special ed. I decided to stay with all my friends and learn on my own.
This was very hard for me, it took me forever to read anything, and hours of studying to keep up with the other students. I never got to take any AP classes because of this and let me just say it was not easy. I did feel stupid and behind and hid it from everyone. I did not feel like anyone understood what was wrong with me. I never read out loud to this day.
I started blogging to help me out with this, it has been a huge learning curve for me and I am putting myself out there for the world to see and make fun of. But I feel like it has been helping me out a lot. Yes I may still spell words wrong, mess up my grammar, and much more but believe it or not blogging has been such a great help for me.
So for those of you who read my blog and see some of the mistakes I make, I am truly sorry. I am not writing this to make you feel sorry for me, but to explain where I’m coming from. This is not easy for me to talk or write about, but it has been brought to my attention and sometimes not in a nice way.