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The Resource Faking it : a look into the mind of a creative learner, Christopher M. Lee and Rosemary F. Jackson

Faking it : a look into the mind of a creative learner, Christopher M. Lee and Rosemary F. Jackson

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  • Faking It is Chris Lee's story of almost two decades of frustration in school matched by remarkable persistence, resilience, and ingenuity. The title is bluntly fitting; if Chris hadn't faked it through school, he wouldn't have made it through school. But he also knew that he couldn't fake it through life. The story Chris tells of what happened to him when he wound up in the University of Georgia Learning Disabilities Adult Clinic, where he met Rosemary Jackson, is both a moving account of how people with his problems can be helped to overcome them and, at the same time, a powerful indictment of the system--and it is nationwide--that leaves people like Chris feeling incompetent and stupid
  • Chris was considered "disabled" because he could not see or hear letters correctly; his processing of written language interfered with his ability to use both written and spoken English, and for this reason the system labeled him handicapped. He labeled himself stupid. Fearing every encounter with the English language, he devised his methods of faking his way through school sufficiently well to be admitted as a special student to the University of Georgia. There he found his faking wouldn't work--he had to recognize and deal with his problem. But he also found support and encouragement from people who not only understood his problem, they understood him. After five years of intensive work with Rosemary Jackson at the Clinic, he graduated from the University. He lost the need to fake it. And he wrote this book
Language
eng
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xviii, 181 pages
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9780867092967
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Faking it : a look into the mind of a creative learner
Title
Faking it
Title remainder
a look into the mind of a creative learner
Statement of responsibility
Christopher M. Lee and Rosemary F. Jackson
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Language
eng
Summary
  • Faking It is Chris Lee's story of almost two decades of frustration in school matched by remarkable persistence, resilience, and ingenuity. The title is bluntly fitting; if Chris hadn't faked it through school, he wouldn't have made it through school. But he also knew that he couldn't fake it through life. The story Chris tells of what happened to him when he wound up in the University of Georgia Learning Disabilities Adult Clinic, where he met Rosemary Jackson, is both a moving account of how people with his problems can be helped to overcome them and, at the same time, a powerful indictment of the system--and it is nationwide--that leaves people like Chris feeling incompetent and stupid
  • Chris was considered "disabled" because he could not see or hear letters correctly; his processing of written language interfered with his ability to use both written and spoken English, and for this reason the system labeled him handicapped. He labeled himself stupid. Fearing every encounter with the English language, he devised his methods of faking his way through school sufficiently well to be admitted as a special student to the University of Georgia. There he found his faking wouldn't work--he had to recognize and deal with his problem. But he also found support and encouragement from people who not only understood his problem, they understood him. After five years of intensive work with Rosemary Jackson at the Clinic, he graduated from the University. He lost the need to fake it. And he wrote this book
Biography type
autobiography
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DLC
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Lee, Christopher M
Dewey number
371.9
Index
no index present
LC call number
LC4705
LC item number
.L44 1992
Literary form
non fiction
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Jackson, Rosemary F
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  • Lee, Christopher M
  • Learning disabled
  • Creative thinking
  • Self-confidence
  • Erlebnisbericht
  • Förderung
  • Kind
  • Lernbehinderung
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Faking it : a look into the mind of a creative learner, Christopher M. Lee and Rosemary F. Jackson
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rdacarrier
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  • txt
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24009384
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xviii, 181 pages
Isbn
9780867092967
Lccn
91023844
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
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  • (WaOLN)1444935
  • (OCoLC)24009384
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Faking it : a look into the mind of a creative learner, Christopher M. Lee and Rosemary F. Jackson
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
24009384
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xviii, 181 pages
Isbn
9780867092967
Lccn
91023844
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (WaOLN)1444935
  • (OCoLC)24009384

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