This week’s Feel-Good Friday highlights the importance of gaining an education, learning to overcome, and the power of mentorship and opportunity.
Learning disabilities are a real thing. One of the reasons why smaller classrooms and school choice are so important is they allow teachers and parents to recognize when a child is not learning through the typical means, and to be able to catch it in time in order to give them the tools they need to successfully acquire, assimilate, and apply the knowledge presented to them. I recently tutored an exceptionally smart young lady who is a competitive athlete, but has difficulties processing information in the typical fashion. She was graduating high school and preparing for college, but with the increased workload that comes with higher-level courses, she was concerned that she would not be able to keep up.
I was privileged to be able…
