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Sometimes I get bored so I read the updated info on dyscalculia and stand in awe of how messed up I am
It is common for students with dyscalculia to have normal or accelerated language acquisition: verbal, reading, writing, and good visual memory for the printed word. They are typically good in the areas of science (until a level requiring higher mathematics skills is reached), geometry (figures with logic not formulas), and creative arts.
Literally couldn’t advance in science in high school because I couldn’t get into higher math classes. I have said for years I’m better at geometry than algebra because algebra is fake
The only reason I can do anything in school is because I spent 5 years in pharmacy doing mental algebra all day long. God forbid I need to learn a different formula because that is not happening.
I’m reading now how to teach kids with dyscalculia and it’s literally a list of how I function !
“Encourage students to work extra hard to “visualize” mathematics problems. Draw them or have them draw a picture to help understand the problem, and make sure that they take the time to look at any visual information that is provided (picture, chart, graph, etc.)”
Thing 2
We also can’t and I mean CANNOT visualize math in our minds’ eye, so drawing helps a lot
BUT I also have inattentive ADHD so it’s hard for me to look at pictures so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Me:
Did you guys inherit ANYTHING from your mother?
Oldest :
No? What do you mean?
Oh genetics.
You don’t think this didn’t come from her too?
Me:
she covered it up well.
Oldest:
I got her bruja shit, I know that
I have been called “a calming influence” at work by multiple people
I’m not calming but I know how to manipulate the energy of a room
People sleep when I watch them.
Thing 2:
I can read people accurately and quickly and can manipulate them to like me really easily.
Mom gave me that one !
I like to manipulate people, too, just like mommy did !