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[quote=Anonymous]I have dyslexia and discalculia and so does my high school son. I have a masters degree and a good job now, but I was an academic basket case in elementary and middle school. I wasn’t a good student in high school. College was better. Graduate school - after 6 years working and some more brain maturation - was really good.

I remember all of this, know how awful school was for me, and yet I still struggle with how poor a student my son is. I realize why he can’t memorize the cell cycle or write a good essay, and get I get frustrated with him. It is all fear - what will he do? How will he earn a living? I was no more accomplished at 17 than he is, but I still catastrophize.

Elementary school is way too soon to know who your child will be. High school is way too early to know who your child will be! Life is long, and learning happens at its own pace. I hope you can take some pressure off yourselves and your child. I grew up terribly ashamed of my failure to live up to the family’s academic expectations.[/quote]

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