Here is some feedback I got from one very bright student I have been working with. Most of it was very positive apart from what he has written in the last paragraph:
Having left school with little or no qualifications and with a real
lack of
confidence in terms of academic learning, sport provided me
with an avenue to
realizes my potential, on the sporting field and
through employment and
education.
Through rugby I was given an opportunity to gain coaching
quilication
and in turn gain employment. This was my dream job which I
never
thought possible, working as a rugby development officer within
Dundee
I gain national recondition for development work I had carried
out
within the city through the achievements the club had made
in
volunteer and player development within the sport.
After seven
years working through my personally perceived difficulties
with dyslexia my
confidence had grown and I realized I can achieve
just as well as anyone else
within the work place or other wise. I
left my job to do a HNC and HND in
sports development which was done
in one year at collage and achieved A’s in
all three graded units.
After this I gained direct entry on to BSc Sports
development (Hons)
at university. Although at this time I have only received
grades for
one assay which was an A18 I feel I’m achieving far high standards
of
work I had previously thought possible. With the support and
guidance
Steve has provided my this has allowed me to focus my attention
on
strategies best suited to my personally strengths and
weaknesses.
Although dyslexia should not be a block to achieving anything
within
within the workplace or education I still feel there are many
negative
preconceived prospection of individuals with dyslexia which can
make
life difficult.
This student was so concerned about this he didn't want me to mention his name at all.
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