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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... reading problem from my teacher . I didn't realize that the teacher was there to help me . At homes my mother would sit and go over my reading with me . But when I picked up the book by myself , I couldn't figure out the words . By the ...
... reading and writing . They can also have trouble following directions , telling letters from numbers , and mixing up left and right . Even though I now knew the cause of my reading problem , I was still afraid ? AIX3J2YO I had a ...
... reading at a third grade level , and I worked with a tutor before and after practices . My teachers were very understanding . When I had to take tests , the teachers agreed to read them aloud to me . They saw how hard I tried in class ...