High School Dropout With Learning and Attention Issues Becomes Youth Advocate
Lena McKnight struggled in school from the time she was a young child as a result of her learning and attention issues. She frequently got in trouble. She had an IEP, but didn't even know what...
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When I was in middle school, I would be taken out of class for resource.It wasn't really explained to me, like, "You have a learning disability."Or, "You have an IEP, this is why we're taking you out of the class."When the teacher would ask me, um, "Lena, read this," or if I'd seen a word on the paper that I didn't know,I would make some type of big joke, or just probably end up being a little rude to the teacher.I got suspended a lot, and I couldn't really express that, you know, I don't understand.I'm acting this way so I can take the pressure off of myself.It was real tough, but I felt like I did a good job covering it up. Because no one ever knew t...
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When I was in middle school, I would be taken out of class for resource.It wasn't really explained to me, like, "You have a learning disability."Or, "You have an IEP, this is why we're taking you out of the class."When the teacher would ask me, um, "Lena, read this," or if I'd seen a word on the paper that I didn't know,I would make some type of big joke, or just probably end up being a little rude to the teacher.I got suspended a lot, and I couldn't really express that, you know, I don't understand.I'm acting this way so I can take the pressure off of myself.It was real tough, but I felt like I did a good job covering it up. Because no one ever knew t...
