Do Kids Really Stop Learning to Read After Third Grade?

 

This morning I read a post in The 74 entitled: Do Kids Really Stop Learning to Read and Start Reading to Learn After Third Grade?

 

As usual, here are some extracts and my comments.

 

The Myth Repeated

I have read what the title says over and over again for years. Someone said it once, and every other person copy-pastes it across social media.

From Phonological Lock-In to Ethical Unlocking

 

A Tale of Two Posts and One Overdue Shift in Dyslexia Discourse

In the echo chamber of education LinkedIn—where platitudes like “building each other up” often drown out the gritty work of actual reform—I stumbled on a post that cut through the noise. Sheron Fraser-Burgess, PhD, an ethicist steering data/AI governance and FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics), dropped this gem:

Factors affecting Dyslexic people

In March this year I read an article in Steadyhealth.com. You may read the full article by clicking on the link below.

http://ic.steadyhealth.com/dyslexia_barriers_to_learning.html

I have copied a section from that article as shown below. I made 2 comments and have yet to receive any reply. I would be grateful if any of you can please give me your comments.

Tom Cruise - Dyslexics can be taught to read

                                                        

I have come back after a very long absence from blogging. I hope to write here again when I find some interesting things to write or comment on.

No one who has seen Jerry Maguire, The Last Samurai, mission Impossible or Top Gun would believe that Tom Cruise struggles with reading. He always seems to deliver his lines flawlessly.

Cruise says he was diagnosed as dyslexic at seven, and tried to hide his learning disability from the other children at school. He has described his younger self as "a functional illiterate", through high school and his first several films. Explaining how such a functionally illiterate man can possibly make a good impression at auditions, Cruise said, "I'd get the director and producer to talk about the characters and the film. I'd glean information from them and I'd use that... I got pretty good at ad-libbing".

Dyslexia- Middle of The Road Mentality

 

 

Buddha has given us many lessons in life that should still serve us today. One of the things he has taught is to learn from everyone you come across in life - whether they're on the same path as you or not.

How to help build a dyslexic child’s self esteem

Self-esteem is your overall opinion of yourself. It is how you feel about yourself with all of your successes, abilities, flaws and limits. Having a great sense of self-esteem is an important factor and a necessary component of success.