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[quote=Anonymous]I am that child, who is now an adult, and the honest truth is, I struggle like crazy. I've been fired from several jobs for things that boil down to me just not understanding and thus not being able to perform.

It sucks, and is frustrating, and I try really, really hard. I have absolutely stepped outside with my cell phone to call my parents crying hysterically because "work is too hard" and I don't know what to do at my desk.

The good thing is: work rarely cares HOW you get it done and so whatever process makes the most sense to you is fine with them. Also, they WANT you to succeed. If you can tell them what you need, they will generally bend over backwards to give you that.

When I clicked with a specific IT person (because she was a great teacher), I went to HR when they rolled out a new program I'd have to use and said, "I found during New Employee Training that I learned REALLY well from Valerie. Any way she can teach me how to use the new FLOTE system? I'm happy to skip my lunch hour or stay late without putting in for overtime." And they got me Valerie, and she was happy to do it.

Granted, that doesn't always work.

But nobody cares that I take more notes than others, or that I write out the alphabet when I'm filing so as not to file incorrectly. Sometimes they think that's funny, but nobody says I can't do it. [/quote]

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