Boarding school? Smart, verbal kid with borderline NVLD (not diagnosable) issues

Lyre
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:33:22 +0000

Hi itsmehere,
my daughter is in the first year of a Master’s degree program. She wants to go on to get a PhD and be a professor in the humanities. Since she is so verbal, being a professor who lectures, discusses, and writes, seems like a good fit.

I have two children with different LDs and I would suggest that you sit down, maybe with someone who knows you well, and honestly assess your strengths and weaknesses. You obviously have strengths as your SATs are good, did you go to a college that supported your disabilities? What sort of careers interest you?

We were very discouraged about my daughter’s prospects when she left high school at age 16, but things are going well for her now … hang in there, finding a job is tough, even without a global economic recession. :-D