MEREDITH
Meredith is a UNH junior majoring in biology. She is following her dreams and applying to medical school. Meredith wants to be an emergency room doctor because she loves the "gory stuff". Not afraid of the hard work associated with becoming a doctor, Meredith sees the challenges as opportunities to learn.
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GETTING HELP IN HIGH SCHOOL
MAKING THE TRANSITION TO UNH
FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS
STRATEGIES
FRUSTRATION
LEADERSHIP
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY
GETTING UPDATED TESTING
COURAGE
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BEING DIAGNOSED
WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY
I was diagnosed in 5th grade. I knew something was wrong. The fact that it took me four hours to get through one assignment was not right! I would stay up so late trying to get homework done; I had to finish. It wasn’t supposed to be that hard at such a young age.
By seventh grade we determined that I needed help. I needed to learn things a different way. I had to go after school for teachers to show me how to break things down because I didn’t understand the assignment. It was sad; I just wanted to go home after school. By freshman year of high school I started to hate school. I needed to take charge of things.
It is important at some point to say I am going to do this by myself. And if I fail, that is okay. I will just have to work with that. Being independent is important. I wouldn’t have gotten this far if I hadn’t had that support in the beginning but I don’t think getting help the whole time is beneficial. There is going to be a time when you are going to need to be on your own. I think you need to take that challenge.