Accept a diagnoses for a foreign language learning disability to address my poor Spanish grades?

austinmshauri
Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:35:02 +0000

Are you implying that every bright kid who has ever worked hard in my class, and attained only a B- average, has a math learning disability?? And that every bright kid in my school of 2500 who has ever worked hard in any subject and attained only a B- average in that subject has a disability in that subject? And that every bright kid in the nation who works hard at anything and attains only a B- in that subject has a learning disability in that subject?

Some kids simply aren’t good at some things. That’s the reality.

It’s quite a jump, @bjkmom, from OP saying he has trouble with a certain subject and suspects he may have a disability to saying he believes EVERY kid who struggles has one.

People can have different learning issues and they can be present in differing degrees of severity. I have a child who has dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia. Foreign languages are difficult for her due to working memory issues, word retrieval, rapid automatic naming, and other typical dyslexic traits. OP may have an issue that isn’t severe enough to have affected other areas. I think it’s best not to ignore signs that could indicate an issue.

One if the signs, incidentally, is being told that you’re “just not good” at whatever it is you’re trying very hard to be good at, or that you’re lazy or simply not trying hard enough. Please get the evaluation. Any schools that would hold such a diagnosis against you won’t be capable of meeting your needs, so you’ll be better off not attending them anyway.