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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... things neat and clean . My mom worked a variety of jobs , anything she could do to keep food on the table and pay the rent . Cleaning houses was just one of the things she did . When we were small , Mom had to place us in day care which ...
... things got so bad that I started. Neil I need you to read chapter 5. " Neil are you listening ? " Neil look at that problem again ! Can't you READ ? So Neil READ us pages 15-20 , and READ loud enough for the whole class to HEAR ! " Momma ...
... things like , " I'm going to get more sacks than you ! " , or " I'm beating you to the quarterback this time ! " As the season went on we relied on each other more and more . Derrick and I became close friends and it became a game ...