http://southjerusalem.com/2008/05/how-to-succeed-in-school-with-a-lot-of-trying/ A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://southjerusalem.com/2008/05/how-to-succeed-in-school-with-a-lot-of-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Global Voices Online » Israel: Success at Last Tue, 20 May 2008 17:10:33 +0000 http://southjerusalem.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-440 [...] Israel, Haim Watzman celebrates the success of his son at school - after a lot of hard work and the frustrations of [...] [...] Israel, Haim Watzman celebrates the success of his son at school – after a lot of hard work and the frustrations of [...]

]]> http://southjerusalem.com/2008/05/how-to-succeed-in-school-with-a-lot-of-trying/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Chris Dornan Mon, 19 May 2008 14:52:57 +0000 http://southjerusalem.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-441 I remember tutoring someone at University with such a disability (dyslexia). He was undoubtedly the brightest student I ever worked with. I just had to verbally explain to him the essence of what was going on--once--and he would just get it. I am a little like that myself and were just on the same page. He went from a fail to something akin to 97% in the repeats. Without doubt the most stimulating and rewarding student I ever had--he was great fun too, a mind that was never still. I remember tutoring someone at University with such a disability (dyslexia). He was undoubtedly the brightest student I ever worked with. I just had to verbally explain to him the essence of what was going on–once–and he would just get it. I am a little like that myself and were just on the same page. He went from a fail to something akin to 97% in the repeats. Without doubt the most stimulating and rewarding student I ever had–he was great fun too, a mind that was never still.

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