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Originally Posted by Archaea
This boy is proof that through work you can achieve.
When he was born and early in life, he had a jaw problem, a speech impediment, eyesight problems and a slight weight problem. They wanted him in special ed because the teachers were afraid he couldn't learn.
We believed in him, and placed him in speech classes, worked hard on math and then reading. At first, he was not even at grade level in reading. Yet just this past year, he has developed a high sense of awareness and ability such that he's now performing, while in middle school, at high school level in all subjects.
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What's cool about this is that it's like an "and now the rest of the story" moment from Paul Harvey.
Here's what I mean by that. Mr. and Mrs. Archaea set up the first half of the story by advocating for their son in spite of the school's special ed recommendations.
But there came a point..."the rest of the story"...when the young Archaean had to make a decision for himself as to whether he wanted to succeed. He decided that he did. The thing of it is, that opportunity wouldn't have been available to him if the Archaea family hadn't put forth the effort early on.