Faking It A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner

Name: Faking It A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner
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ISBN: 9780867092967

ISBN-10: 0867092963

ISBN-13: 9780867092967

Edition: 1992

Authors: Rosemary F. Jackson, Christopher M. Lee, Jackson Lee

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Until I began to acknowledge my weaknesses, I did not realize I had so many strengths. As I better understand my learning disabilities, it is easier to reassure myself that I truly am not stupid, and, in fact, have some really strong abilities. - Christopher Lee Faking It is Chris Lee's story of almost two decades of academic frustration, matched by remarkable persistence, resilience, and ingenuity. It is a moving account of how people with his problems can be helped to overcome them. The story Chris tells of what happened to him when he wound up in the University of Georgia Learning Disabilities Adult Clinic, where he met Rosemary Jackson, is both a moving account of how people with his…

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List price: $30.20
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 1/20/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 179
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.00" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Rosemary Jackson, Ed.D., is a teacher educator in the Department of Special Education and Administration at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. She serves as a mentor leader for undergraduate students majoring in special education and also teaches graduate classes in learning disabilities.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Uncovering Your Potential



Faking It



Writing: My Worst Nightmare



Reading: Making the Words Come Alive



Language: Making It Real



Math: A Different Language System



Private Pain



A New Beginning


Afterword: Rosemary's Turn


Appendix 1: Regents' Essay


Appendix 2: Sample Essay not Using Computer


Appendix 3: Journal Entry, Freshman Year


Appendix 4: Journal Entry, Freshman Year