Reading and Math Scores Plummeted During Pandemic, New Data Show

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10. I honestly think it depends on the kid. I learned more at home reading every book in the house

then I did in elementary school. My Dad taught me to read in the second grade (I was behind as phonics was a disaster for me)I hated school and used to wait until my Mother went to work and sneak back into the house...I was eight years old. I have ADHD...no one knew what it was back then. I was very lucky to have a teacher who recognized my problems and helped me learn. I had a 3rd and 4th-grade teacher who had seen it before and she saved me. She taught me how to deal with this problem. I resisted as I didn't want to stay after school for extra help or what have you. I remember sneaking out one afternoon and the teacher brought my work home and told my mother, I had 'forgotten' it.

That was it...from there it got better I graduated from high school and went on to college. My life was forever changed for the better because of Mrs. Hannaford who taught in Oak Park Illinois. Computers arrived when I was in college and they were a great equalizer for those of us who have learning disabilities. As an aside, I was diagnosed in college with ADHD. I do not take medicine as I hate it and manage it with diet and have learned to organize myself over the years.