And other dyslexics
George Washington
Winston Churchill
John F Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
F Scott Fitzgerald
Agatha Christie
F W Woolworth
Walt Disney
W B Yeats
Gustave Flaubert


You are only dyslexic if
a)it's been properly diagnosed by a doctor or an educational psychologist - it's not dyslexia just because you think it is and
b)when the tests are marked a true dyslexic will have results all over the place - plotted on a graph they'll be like a range of mountains. Someone who is a bright all-rounder will have a straight(ish) line of high scores. Someone who is more intellectually challenged (thick) will have a straight(ish) line of low-scores.

Which gets us into even further discourse on education and academic ability...
Sadly our current system here in the UK emphasises academic excellence at the expense of other curriculum areas such as sport, practical subjects like various craft subjects which are now Design Technology.
Now while I think it's a Good Thing that these subjects have been given a makeover so they are not seen as an easy option, I still do not believe that there is anything wrong with being a good carpenter/welder/builder/mechanic. In fact I shall be positively encouraging my sons to pursue careers in plumbing and similar jobs.
Why?
Because there is a national shortage of them,

all the plumbers/builders I have met are always reasonably wealthy,

they all appear to have a high standard of job satisfaction,

they are rarely out of a job,

they'll be able to fix things around the house.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 6 May 2008, 12:41, Reply)