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I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pass the math (or an entrance exam for any University)

by "Matt_Stevens" <1783pictures@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sep 27, 2006 at 05:28 PM

This is kind of long, but please, I am begging for help because I am
ready to just give up on life.

OK. It was around 1995 that a math professor told me I should be tested
for dyslexia because I had all the signs. He was right. I was tested
and found to be dyslexic, more so with numbers and graphics than
letters.

Before this I took and failed Statistics three times. The second and
third time I had professional tutoring to no avail. Number systems was
next. I failed twice and the third time that same professor who thought
I might have dyslexia gave me a gift grade of a C. I deserved a D-.

The college I was attending did not care about my disability. They did
not care that I was unable to pass the second semseter of Japanese
(because I could not read or write in Japanese because I was unable to
memoriuze the characters). In order to move forward I needed the second
semester of language and one more semester of math.

I dropped out and settled for an Associates in General Studies, which I
received in 1996. That degree took me six long years. Pathetic. I still
feal like a failure, despite the fact that I write screenplays for a
hobby and have been well reviewed (spell check solves many problems).

After college I worked in sales for many years and made a good living,
but the economy went south, I am burnt out and want to go back to
school. Badly.

I want a BA and then a Masters more than anything, but I am finding
that I would need to take and pass an entrance exam for any school. I
WILL NEVER pass because of the math. It is not possible. PERIOD. I
still cannot balance my check book, people.

Worse, I am finding that to get a BA I will still need maybe at least
one more math course. WTF?!?!

WHAT CAN I DO!? I have read about 70 hours worth of material on the Net
and am no closer to finding a solution. Perhaps I am looking in the
wrong places?

Is there a universal method of proving one has dyslexia that is
accepted at all colleges/universities?

I live in New Bern, NC. Just arived, actually. How can someone like
myself, who is smart and who excells in non-math and
non-science/geometry type courses finish his degree? Get loans? My GPA
was 2.9 because of Mathand science. Remove those subjects and I was a
3.8 at least. I am not stupid. But I feel stupid because I cannot find
a way to move forward with my life. Without a degree I will never
achiev any real success.

Please help.
 




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I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pass th
"Matt_Stevens"   2006-09-27 17:28:34 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
NEWS@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (  2006-09-30 12:31:34 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
Trevor.Jenkins@[EMAIL PRO  2006-09-30 12:03:43 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Matt_Stevens"   2006-10-03 19:48:00 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Silverfin" <  2006-10-09 00:44:22 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Matt_Stevens"   2006-10-09 10:47:02 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Silverfin" <  2006-10-10 02:30:07 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
g.m.poncia@[EMAIL PROTECT  2006-10-10 09:25:40 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Gemma" <g.m  2006-10-10 09:57:03 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Gemma" <g.m  2006-10-10 09:59:18 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Silverfin" <  2006-10-11 09:52:11 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Matt_Stevens"   2006-10-13 06:55:56 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Artist" <n.  2006-12-11 23:13:45 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"I CAN READ!" &  2006-10-13 14:41:53 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Artist" <n.  2006-12-11 23:02:50 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Silverfin" <  2006-10-14 04:34:51 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Artist" <n.  2006-12-11 22:57:37 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
Cherryann <cherryann@[  2006-12-13 09:45:08 
Re: I'm 34 and desperate to finish college, but I will NEVER pas
"Artist" <n.  2007-01-05 19:34:49 

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