Roy Barnes Quotes

I didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back.

I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.

I was put in remedial everything.

Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.

There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.

From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn't learning at the same pace as other kids.

I would like to see every parent either directly - if they are comfortable with the technology - or through a personal tutor, being able to access real-time information about their child.

When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.

I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.

I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.

I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.

It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, where they can point to a glass of milk, or a jacket if they're cold, or the bathroom.

I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger.

As a person, when I was seven or eight, my dad would try very hard to tutor me through school because I had learning difficulties or whatever. I would wish that they could just plant a chip in my brain so that I would know everything and not have to study.

I enjoy helping young children succeed.

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get.

I was very disruptive. I was horrible. I didn't learn like all the other kids. I had to sometimes take my tests out in the hallways because I couldn't focus. But, my teachers would come see me in the plays and were like 'I don't understand how you can focus and be in the moment in a play and you go into math class and you can't focus.'

I'm not good at normal things. I can't drive a car. I couldn't read till I was 10.

I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me.

'Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner.'

Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.

I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.

In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia.

I failed eighth grade twice, and then they moved me up to ninth grade. Then I failed that and dropped out. My teacher would hand me a test, and I'd grade it myself with an F, then put my head down on the desk.