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A LEARNING DISABILITY
All my friends know I have a learning disability. They also know how hard I work and how well I do. Never do they think that I am not smart. When I get to know people in my classes and then I don’t take my tests with them, they don’t ask why. I don’t want to blurt it out, if it comes out that’s okay. When girls see me in the library every night studying so hard and then I just get by, then I will mention it to them.
I didn't notice how my learning disability interrupted my learning until this semester. Clinical has huge amounts of material to remember. Memorizing vital signs and mathematical formulas for mixing medicines and converting things from units to grams is very difficult. And there is an overwhelming amount of information. I sit down and I don’t even know where to start. I try to compensate by making note cards, but it is almost impossible to stay on top of it. It took me weeks to memorize all the numbers when everyone else in my group got them right away. It is discouraging because I am used to studying for a test, working very hard and doing very well. Now I am studying very hard and I am just getting by. All I can do is keep plugging away the best that I can.