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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... teacher would choose someone to answer a question or to read aloud , I would scrunch down in my seat and wish I was invisible . It was so embarrassing . I tried to hide my reading problem from my teacher . I didn't realize that the teacher ...
... teacher told my mom about a clinic where I could be tested to see what was wrong . Mom took me down to the clinic and waited nervously outside the testing room . Afterwards they called her in to explain what was wrong with me . As it ...
... 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 , how willing I was to learn and how much I wanted to be there . My positive attitude made ...