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IfYou'reSo

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ILLUSTRATEDBY

MIKEANDCARLGORDON

Ifyou'reSo

Smart,HowCome

YouCantSpell

MissiSsippi

WRITTENBY

BARBARAESHAM

ILLUSTRATEDBY

MIKEANDCARLG0RDON

MydadisthesmartestpersonIknow.

HeisoneofthebusiestcivilrightslawyersinChicago,andheworkshardtokeepjusticeinourcity.

Forthepastyear,mydadhasbeengettingreadyforabigcase.

Haveyoueverworkedonanythingforanentireyear?

I'mathirdgraderatWestoverElementarySchool.MynameisKatieandI'monlyeight,butI'vebeenworkingonsomethingtoo.

It'scalledobservation.It'sfunbecause—letmetellyou—I'veseensomestrangethings.

LikethetimeDavid,aboyinmyclass,couldn't

resistsqueezingthepuddingcupfromhislunchbox.

Hehadtoseehowmuchpressurethelidcouldtakebefore...well,youknow...

AndthetimemyLittlesisterinsistedthatourfamilychangehernametoEduardoaftershefinished

watchingtheCookingwithEduardoshowwithGrandma.

JustlastweekIsawMrs.Higginsdrivingthroughtown

withfourteenChihuahuasinhercar—andthosewerejusttheChihuahuasthatIcouldcountasshewaspassingus.

Asyoucansee,observationisaworthwhilepastime.

ButthestrangestthingthatIhaveeverobservedhappenedtonight,whileIwaspracticingformyspellingtest.

Iaskedmydadifhecouldhelpmewiththetoughestwordonmyspellinglist:Mississippi.Usuallymydadlovestohelpme,butthistimehesaid,“I'mnotsure.Goaskyourmom.”

“Howcanyou,Dad,oneofthesmartestpeopleIknow,notknowhowtospellMississippi?”Iaskedinastonishment.

“Well,Katie,Ineverhavebeenaverygoodspeller.Infact,Idon'tbelievethatIhaveeverspelledMississippicorrectly.

ActuallytherearealotofwordsI'veneverspelledcorrectly,"heanswered.

“ThatisthestrangestthingthatIhaveheard,Dad,evenstrangerthanEduardo!”Ireplied.“Howdidyoumakeitthroughthethirdgradeifyoucouldn'tspellMississippi?”

“Well,itwasn'teasy.Iwasoftenashamedofnotbeingabletospellthewordsonmyspellingtests.

Infact,someofmyclassmatesevenmadefunofme,"hesaid

withaserioussmile.

“Dad,doyoumeanthatyouwerekindofLikeMarkTwingle?Hesitsinfrontofmeandhecan'tspellanything!”

“IguessIwaslikeMarkTwingle,"hesaid.“It'stoughwhen you'rethekidintheclasswhoworksextrahardandstillhastrouble.Ihadtospendsomuchmoretimeonmyhomeworkthanmysisterspentonhers.IwouldstillcomehomewithaC-onmyspellingtest,andthatwasonagoodday.”

“Oooohhhhh,that'sterrible,”Ireplied.Itwasterrible—andalsoconfusing.Imean,mydadissmart.

“Learningtoreadwasjustasdifficult,”saidmydad.“Iwasthelastkidinmyclasstolearnhowtoread.SometimesIwouldhidemyheadwhenmyteacherwouldaskmetoreadtotheclass.”

“JustlikeMarkdoes!”Ishouted.

Howcouldthisbe?MydadwasjustlikeMarkTwingle?

Thisinformationdidnot

“Katie,wehavetalkedaboutdyslexiabefore,remember?Dyslexiaisawordusedtodescribethedifficultythat

somepeopleexperiencewithreadingandspelling,Llikeme,"hesaidafterlookingovermymathhomework.

“ButDad,howdoyoudoyourjob?Howcanyoubesosmartifyoucan'tspellorreadverywell?”Iasked.

“Katie,dyslexiadoesnotmeanapersonisn'tsmart.

Infact,someofthegreatestscientists,doctors,andinventorsstruggledwithsymptomsofdyslexia,"mydadsaidwithachuckle.

Now,I'veobservedmanystrangethings,butcoulditbetruethatMarkTwingleisthe

nextgreatmindofourtime?Isthispossible?

IwouldneedtodoalittleinvestigatingbeforeIwasconvinced.

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OnSaturday,Iaskedmymomtotakemetothepubliclibrary.

I'mawhizattheLibrary

anditdidn'ttakelongtofindabookaboutdyslexia.

ItincludedaListofpeoplethroughouthistorywhostruggledwithreadingorspelling.ButI'mconfused.

Nowthatweknowaboutdyslexia,whyisthisstilla

secret?Whyhasn'tanyoneevermentioneditinschool?

Likethisguy:Dr.JohnR.Skoyles.Heworksasaneuroscienceresearcher.

Oneofhisbookreportsistitled,

“TheAetioloyofAutism:NeuroembryologyandPrefrontalNeocerebellum.”Whoa!HeresearchesthingsIcan'tevenpronounce!Whereisthelibrarianwhenyouneedherthemost?

IguessI'Lllearnaboutthat

cooKINCinfifthgrade.

IturnedthepagetoreadaboutArcherJ.P.Martin,achemistwhowontheNobelPrizein1952.

FortunatelytheLibrarianwalkedby.

“Mrs.Meeks,canyouhelpmereadthis?Someofthewordsarealittlebig,”Iaskedquietly.

“Let'sseehere,”saidMrs.Meeks.

“ArcherMartin'sexperimentsincludethediscoveryofamethodfordetectingpyroelectricityby...

“...observingtheattractionofametalplateofcrystalsthathadbeenimmersedinliquidair.Katie,doyouneedthisinformationforabookreport?”sheaskedwithapuzzledlookonherface.

“No,no,Mrs.Meeks,Iamjustdoingalittlebitofinvestigating.”

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Detectingpyroelectricityinliquidair?Isanyone

followingmeonthisone?

“Doyouwantmetokeepreading?”Mrs.Meeksasked.

“Ohyes,please,”Irepliedwithmymostpolitevoice.Ineededhelptogetthroughthisbook.

“HelenB.Tausigwasadoctorinthe1930s.Manywomenatthattimedidn'tevenhaveachancetogotocollege,butHelenTausigstudiedtobecomeapediatriccardiologist.Shehelpeddiscoveranewway

tohelpbabieswhowerebornwithheartproblems.ShewasthefirstwomantobecomeafullprofessoratJohnsHopkinsUniversityandshewaselectedpresidentoftheAmericanHeartAssociation.”

“Shewasreallysmart!”Isaid.

“Ihavetogohelpsomeotherchildrennow,Katie.

Doyouthinkyoucantakeitfromhere?”askedMrs.Meeks.

“Illgiveitatry,"Ireplied.“IfHelen

Tausighadtroublereadingandwriting

andshecouldbecomeapediatric

cardiologist,wellIguessIcantrytoreadthisbookonmyown.”

Let'ssee.WilliamJameswasa

psychologist—oneofthegreatestpsychologistsofalltime.

ItlooksLikehehadalotof

interestingthingstosay.Afewofthemarerighthere,inthisbook.

“Idon'tsingbecauseIamhappy,IamhappybecauseIsing.”

“Actasifwhatyoudomakesadifference.Itdoes.”

“Everygoodworthpossessingmustbepaidforinstrokesofdailyeffort.”

Hey!Mydadhasthisquoteframed!Hekeepsitonthewallfor

everyonetonotice...

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“Doeverydayor

twosomethingfor

nootherreason

thanitsdifficulty.”

Thenamesofsomanyamazingpeopleareinthisbookanditwouldtakealongtimetoreadallofthem.

Iguessalotofpeoplewhohavetroublewithreadingandwriting,andmaybemathtoo,

goontoaccomplishgreatthings:writers,architects,scientists,entrepreneurs,actors,

artists,athletes,presidents,doctors,lawyers,inventors,collegeprofessors,teachers,andevenschoolprincipals.

Iwonderifmyteacher,Mrs.Peterson,knowSaboutdyslexiaandallthesegreatpeople.

Ihaveafeelingthatmostofthesegreat

peoplehadsomeonetohelpthemthroughthetoughtimes,whentheymighthavebeenfeelingfrustratedorsad.

Maybetheirparentswere

patientandsupportedthem.

Maybetheyhadateacherwhocouldseehowsmarttheywereanyway.

Maybetheclassmatesittingnext

tothemdidn'tmakethemfeel

Didmydadsaythistohimselfthroughthetoughtimes,whenhewastryinghisbesttolearntoreadandspell?

NowIknowwhymydadlikeswhatWilliamJameshadtosaysolongago.

“Doeverydayortwosomethingfornootherreasonthanitsdifficulty.”

Isthiswhatpeoplewhostrugglewithdyslexiatellthemselveseachdaybeforeschool?

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Ican'twaittogotoschoolonMonday.

IthinkMarkTwingleneedstoknowhow

greathismindisandwhatincrediblethingshemightaccomplishoneday...

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Maybe,I'mjusttherightpersontotellhim.

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EVERYDAyGENIUStoo?

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andsometimeslearnalittledifferentlyfromothers.

Andthat'swhatmakesthemsospecial!

InIfYou'reSoSmart,HowComeYouCantSpellMississippi?,

Katielearnsthatherdadhasdyslexia.Shehasahardtimeunderstandinghowsomeonesosmartandsuccessfulcanhavealearningdisability.Butherdad'sstoriesandKatie'sresearchprovethatalearningdisabilitydoesn'tmeanyoucan'tsucceed.

Butwhatisdyslexia?Dyslexiaisusuallydescribedasa

learningdisabilitythatisneurobiological.Thismeansthat

dyslexiahastodowithaperson'snervoussystem,whichincludesthebrain.Dyslexiaoftencausesdifficultywithspelling,recognizingwords,anddecodingtext.It'snotjustaboutreversingletters,asmanybelieve.

WesawinthisstorythatKatie'sdadstruggledwithspelling,buthisotheracademicabilitieswerestrong.Havingdys-lexiadidnotmeanhewasn'tsmart.

Haveyoueverstruggledtolearnsomething?Whathappened?

Everypersonwithdyslexiahashisorherownbestwaytohelpthem.Ifyouorsomeoneyouknowhasbeendiagnosedwithdyslexia,youmayhavetriedoneormoremodifications.

Hereareafewexamplesofmodificationspeoplehaveusedinclassrooms:

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Listentoaudioversionsofyourbooksortext-

bookstogoalongwithyourreading

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Coverupthetextonapagesoonlyonelineof

textisvisibleatatime

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Uselarge-typetextbooksorhandoutsofwhat-

everisbeingreadinclass

Thereisnorightorwrongmethodbecauseeverypersonisuniqueandlearnsdifferently.Evenifyoudonothavedyslexia,tryusingoneofthesereadingaccommodations.Doyouseethewordsdifferently?Doyouremembertheinformationyou'rereadingdifferently?

Inthestory,Katie'sdadsayshewasteasedbyotherkidsforhavingdyslexia.Whataresomewaysyoucanhelpsomeonewhohasdyslexia?Ifyouorsomeoneyouknowhaseverstruggledwithreadingorreadingcomprehension,talkaboutitwithacaringadult.

Remember,it'sneverabadthingtobedifferent—embracingandlearningfromourdifferencesiswhatmakestheworldabetterplace!

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“Inrecentyearstherehasbeenagrowingawareness

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AuthorBarbaraEshamwasoneofthosekidswhocouldn'tresistperformingapressuretestonapuddingcup.Shehasalwaysbeena“freeassociation”thinker,findinglifefarmoreinterestingwhileinastateofabstractthought.BarbaralivesontheEastCoastwithherthreedaughters.Together,inPiagetianfashion,theyhaveexploredtheideasandtheoriesbehindthedefinitionsofintelligence,creativity,learning,and

success.Barbresearchesandwritesfromherhomeoffice,inthesparetimeavailablebetweencarpoolshomework,andbedtime.

wodwidecopetons,dingtohiintetatonal

createsthelineillstrations,andthecolorsappliedby

Carlusingagraphicstabletandcomputer.Carlhasa

degreeingraphicartandcurrentlylivesinCapeTown,

SouthAfricawithhiswifeandkids.

CopyrightO2013byBarbaraEsham

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TextbyBarbaraEsham

IllustrationsbyMikeandCarlGordon

SourcebooksandthecolophonareregisteredtrademarksofSourcebooks,Inc.

Thecharactersandeventsportrayedinthisbookarefictitiousandareusedfictitiously.Anysimilaritytorealpersons,

livingordead,ispurelycoincidentalandnotintendedbytheauthor.

ThestorytextwassetinOpenDyslexic,afontspecificallydesignedforreadabilitywithdyslexia.

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