Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia for September 03, 2024

Poor Kevin. Dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of but still must be a blow to learn you have. To learn you have any disability or inherent difficultly or whatever would be a lot for a kid to process

Bondia is giving us a different sort of story this week, and I like it.

Kevin: “So, if I fail the tests, I get out of school?”

Very very hard to get out of school, Kevin.

Quite the opposite indeed. Did years of speech and reading classes for my Dyslexia and I still have problems

Panel 5 was to have been Kev’s reaction. All I’m getting is an “X”

Still – Kev’s expression in Panel Three…

This is a major milestone in the comic strip.

So, how exactly can one determine a student does have dyslexia and they’re not just looking for a excuse to get out of school and goof off?

The very best thing about this condition is that it has been identified, and ways to work with/around it are available. So much different than in my day (1950s) when so many of these conditions were not identified, never mind understood. BTW, if anybody’s into rom-coms, Jennifer Crusie’s “Bet Me” has three MMC with various conditions who “make it” in the business world.

On the up side, there’s a very good chance that Kevin is a demigod ;)

I had two friends who had dyslexia. Both worked at dealing with and overcoming it. They both became voracious readers. One became a respected editor for a large publishing company.

Dyslexia can be overcome.

You can have dyslexia and prolexia at the same time.

I have a question. Does dyslexia mess with numbers, as well as letters ?

I like this doctor. He’s actually trying to be helpful to Kevin. I know some dyslexic people that are very intelligent and try their hardest, but their teachers aren’t helpful!

No can do, Kev’.