Student Fights Dyslexia in England

A student from Oxford England talks about overcoming his dyslexia. Ana Kasparian and Misty Kingma break it down and discuss how labeling and grouping students can shape outcomes.

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[Projectoptimization]

Misty... The idea that there should not be special needs classes is a misinformed one. Why? Because some people genuinely have learning disabilities that prevent hinder their ability to learn material that those without learning disabilities can learn. Some students need special accommodations. To say that there should not be special needs class would be to disregard the need for those accommodations. Take it from someone who is training in the field of education.

[Jaywed]

Ana's face is really shinny

[fatephantasm]

I didn't see any fighting in this video. Title was misleading..

[billygoat2124]

this sounds like my high school, high school was so easy for me i didnt need to do much studying all that ive needed was just a little bit of help with a normal class. i toke 3 normal class not counting the computer classes that i had and i did just fine in them i just need just a little bit of help

[intentiontoclaim]

@TheEmptyHunter Correct. A friend of mine at Oxford (university) has dyslexia and was given special dispensation throughout his school and university career, including extra time in exams. Ultimately he got a very high first in Philosophy and Theology. There are several other examples within my own experience, in some cases even where the learning difficulty was undefined, where extra time was granted, laptops, the whole caboodle.

[TheReusables]

this kid doesnt go to oxford, he is still at school, 6th form, also oxford requires 7A* min to get into oxford at GCSE level just to get an interview.

[TheEmptyHunter]

funniest thing is though, in the UK they throw the dyslexia diagnosis around like candy. Not to annoy this guy though, but seriously if you get a dyslexia diagnosis in the UK they give you a brand new i7 macbook pro, extra time in exams, and all that jazz. He has a point about sets and such and learned helplessness but personal responsibility comes into play.

[bradfordbulls4lyf]

@deadmeat343 easy, overthinking things when its a simple answer. lets say its says describe the process of cracking hydro carbons and you do a huge essay explaining how it works. you may not even get to the point and even if you did you wasted a huge amount of time. or not taking the test seriously.

[themacbookone]

I had the same issue in school. 

[nsx1com]

A common misconception of the public about dyslexics is that they are not a smart as others... but quite the contrary... dyslexics, on average, are smarter than their non-dyslexic counterparts. The misconception mainly comes from many dyslexics having difficulty with reading... and THAT being associated with not being smart. Fact is, the reading difficulties are visual related... not cognitive. Typically, dyslexics are far superior at Math and spacial perception.