Another comment about '"C" students.' I remember back in high school when
an English teacher of mine remarked that she thought the students in her
"average" class students generally showed more creativity than her "honors"
students.

At 10:56 AM 9/16/2004, you wrote:
>Try getting a reader for your text through the tutoring service. Then you
>can just listen to the book and concentrate on the text and not the
>reading. Also, the day before the test, make a 2 x 2 inch piece of
>paper. Write as much as you can on the paper. (DO NOT take this paper
>into your test) For some reason, the process of writing it all down on
>this little paper helps me retain it all. WEIRD but it works for
>me. Also remember that most of the successful people in the world were
>"C" students. Many of them never made it through high school - let alone
>college. Look up the Fortune Magazine article from May 13, 2002 called
>Overcoming Dyslexia. It discusses the hardships of Richard Branson
>(Virgin Records and Virgin Air), Charles Schwab (Financial
>Planner), Craig McCaw (pioneered cellular industry) John Reed (Citibank)
>and many others very successful people. So don't get down and just keep
>plugging along. Grades are not everything - the will to make something of y
> ourself
> is.
>
>tutsy56 <tutsy56@...> wrote:Hello
>
>
>Yesterday I got back my humanities test in class I did ok, but not
>good. I am very mad about the grade I got on the test, I could have
>done much better. The test was read to me and I had the extra time
>for the test as well. My main problem seems to be my reading
>comprehension and trying to remember things that I need to know for
>the test. This week I started working with a tutor and so far it is
>going good. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can handle this
>situation any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Trish
>
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