Monday, 1 October 2012

Misconceptions of Me

When people look at me they may think l am older than them, a mum and they may think I have nothing in common with them which may lead to them not wanting to talk to me. People might think l am odd and sometimes when I speak my words come out wrong, or I do not make sense but it does not mean l am disabled.
Some people might think I come across as confident but deep down l am not; it is just façade and l am as nervous as hell. Some people might look at my blue notebook or my coloured handbooks and think I have special treatment or wonder why I don’t have white paper; this is because l am colour sensitive, I can’t deal with white paper. It’s nothing special and people may see I get more help than them; this is only because I am dyslexic. If I had a choice I would rather be ‘normal’ and not have dyslexia and struggle but then I would not be me because it’s part of me.
Another misconception I have is that I struggle with academia; am married and have a child.  I should not be at university. I have as much right as anyone else to be at university, I do struggle and have been out of school a long time but this was because I was not given the support at school so I chose to leave and go to work.  I have this disability that causes me to overcome hurdles but l am trying hard. To graduate at university to me would be such an achievement; it would mean the world to me. Also when people look at me they may see one eye bigger then my other eye and shuts when I laugh: people may think l am odd but when I was 17 years old I got Bells Parsley  which gave me a mini stroke on one side of my face and left me with a defect. This is something which I am conscious of and hate having my photos taken. When people mention it , it embarrasses me. 



We had write a piece are how we think people by miss judge us . These are my thoughts that i think people might misjudge me.


Copyright@ Emma Fitzgerald

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