Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia for September 02, 2024

Or what.

Looks like he has dyslexia.

Sigh. Wait until he has to answer a 200 question ADHD diagnosis test.

I never like being wrong. (Drives my wife crazy.) Did terrible on a recent audiology test.

“Tell me if you hear a sound, no matter how faint,” the audiologist told me.

Because of my fear of being wrong I didn’t indicate when I thought I heard very faint sounds. The result showed severe hearing loss for higher pitched sounds (lower pitches I had normal hearing). I will admit to loss of a hearing in the higher ranges – but it probably isn’t as bad as the test showed.

Next appointment the audiologist may be amazed if it appears my hearing has improved with age.

Yeah… Kevin just doesn’t like to learn anything, especially if it isn’t fun!

First time where a perfect score means you’ve flunked.

And by nailing it, she’ll be able to help you.

And the refrain from little mermaid "A whole new world so exciting and new . . . " or Bellé from B&B. Yes I have kids.

Welcome to the club Kevin. Now let’s hope you get the proper dyslexia training you need. Like too many back in the ‘60s teachers kept sticking me in the slow learner’s class like the SRS program until finally I was paired with a teacher who actually understood it and provided me with the tools I needed to progress and thrive. Now I’m thrice retired with five college degrees. Too many weren’t as lucky as me.

Ma’am???I have the same problems, I get the wrong spelling stuck in my head. I’ve fixed most of them after 53 years, still a few to go.

Love the gag at the end.

This is more serious than I thought.

Dyslexia is an interesting thing to live with, for sure, and it can be awesome once you master it. It’s more than just difficulty reading; it also comes with superb spacial reasoning and the ability to mentally rearrange the world around you. That’s why a number of great artists and engineers were dyslexic. It isn’t in spite of the dyslexia…it’s actually because of it!

I don’t understand why dyslexia would make one “struggle to read short phrases or sentences more than longer ones.” Wouldn’t it make all reading difficult to an equal extent?

Kudos to Tauhid for publicizing the symptoms of dyslexia!

There may be some people here, or on other platforms, who will read this strip and say, “That sounds like what I have!”

I don’t have dyslexia, but I can still relate to this. I have struggled alone with things in life, and then to finally figure out where I was going wrong is such an enlightening moment and a ray of light. Those ah-ha moments are wonderful. Powerful strip. I’m happy Kevin is getting some help.

“Yes ma’am” ? A little passive-aggressive there Marcy ?