Writing papers

Perhaps the hardest thing in collage is writing papers. My first few years in collage was at the community collage level in Northern VA, where I would flunk remedial writing two times. Their are many reason why I flunked two times my LD, and my Eng secondary teachers did not prepare me for the collage level. I still have problems with my writing to this day, I bet you could find several mistakes common with LD students in this very post. The 3rd time around I was very lucky to have a remedial teacher that knew how to work with students with LD, I learned more in that one semester than four years in secondary Eang classes. Perhaps if I never had this teacher I would never have completed collage. After my transfer to community collage to a four year university, Marymount University of VA, I would be in the biggest fight of my life. Many of the students at this school came from very normal backgrounds with strong academics. A majority of the students where white, upper middle class, snobs and on several occasions I experienced bias by staff and students alike. In my classes for the most part many teachers worked with me giving me extra time on my exams and papers. Some of the teachers clearly did not understand LD, and at times I went head to head with them. One time one of my teachers made fun of mistakes on students papers, but some of the mistakes where mine that where due to LD. The school did have a very good learning resource center (LRC) where I could take my exams and get tutoring in all subjects. One aspect that makes this school ideal for a student with an LD, is the student to teacher to ratio. The cost of the school was a bit over the top and if I did not have an LD, I would never have gone. Some how I am still at this school working on my masters in education and it seems I will be transferring to a state school because they are killing me with the cost. Going to collage is hard without a learning problem, so with a LD to add to the mix I can truly understand why LD students dropout in large numbers. I have to say one thing going to collage in the West with an LD, is allot easier because of the laws and more understanding of the matter. I went to collage overseas in the Mid East, and they do not care or want to teach LD, students. I hope soon to write about my year in a suadi university.