Yes I Can!: Struggles from Childhood to the NFLAddax Publishing Group, 1998 - 40 páginas Today's kids can learn from Neil Smith. Yes I Can! gives kids a first-hand look at meeting their challenges head on. His book is colorful, with action packed illustrations, photos and inspiring text for parents and children to share. Yes I Can! is a true life-lessons book of inspiration. Defensive end Neil Smith of the Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos, has made the Pro Bowl six times. Neil has a learning disability that caused him to have many bad days as a kid. "When I was in the first grade, I began to have trouble keeping up with the rest of my class tn reading. I was embarrassed, and I tried to hide my problem from my teacher. I fell behind in all of my schoolwork. Some of the kids called me a dummy. It hurt me a lot to be called names". "In the third grade, I found out I had a condition called dyslexia (dis-LEKS-ee-uh). People with dyslexia see letters backward. Even though I was glad to find out why I had trouble reading, I was still afraid of going to school. But my mom told me that the only way to overcome my problem was to face it". |
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... problem again ! Can't you READ ? So Neil READ us pages 15-20 , and READ loud enough for the whole class to HEAR ! " Momma , I can't go to school today , my throat is real sore . " A WAR OF WORDS I was very tall as a kid and skinny too ...
... problem was , she actually felt relieved that it wasn't anything more serious . There was nothing wrong with my sight or my hearing . The problem was that the words I tried to read got mixed up between my eyes and my brain . It was like ...
... problem . I am thankful for Tom's help and caring when I needed it . My development continued slowly , and through the first half of the season , I was only ninth on the team in tackles and third in sacks . Sportswriters in the Kansas ...