S3E16: When School Fails You - Finding Your Innate Talents

If you're feeling frustrated and exhausted from trying to help your dyslexic child succeed in traditional education, only to see them struggle and lose self-esteem, then you are not alone! Imagine the impact of recognizing and nurturing your child's unique strengths instead of focusing solely on their weaknesses. It's time to explore a different approach that can lead to improved self-esteem and well-being for your dyslexic child.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:00:02 - Introduction and Topic Preview 

00:00:46 - Brent's Strengths and Talents 

00:08:26 - Challenges of Recognizing Strengths 

00:12:35 - Embracing Resilience and Purpose 

00:15:50 - The Power of Integrity and Drive 

00:16:18 - Overcoming Trauma and Self-Love 

00:17:12 - Impact of Connection 

00:19:46 - Harnessing Personal Gifts 

00:23:36 - Understanding and Compassion 

00:29:00 - Challenges in Education 

00:32:06 - Recognizing Strengths in Children 

00:33:12 - Finding What Lights Your Child Up 

00:34:30 - Importance of Self-esteem and Fun in Education 

00:35:24 - Shifting Educational Focus 

00:36:51 - Recognizing Personal Strengths

Transcript:

00:00:02
Welcome back to Word Blindness, Dyslexia Exposed. This is Juliet Hahn here with my co host, Brent Sopol. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

00:00:10
I'm good. So we're doing a double recording. And so last week's recording that went out, I said that we were going to talk about different strengths, that we all have strengths and weaknesses, and we were going to talk about your strengths and you're like, no, we're not. No, we're not. And I said, wait, we both have some Mondays that we're going to be traveling.

00:00:28
I think we need to record today. Today is Tuesday. Oh my God. I thought today was Wednesday. Anyways, today's Tuesday and I said we're going to talk about things that you're actually really talented in doing that you don't realize and you don't give yourself credit.

00:00:46
So one of the things I want people to. Yeah, if you're watching on YouTube, you could see uncomfortable face right now. Smiley. But. But there's.

00:00:57
When you struggle and it's like when you're blind or when you're deaf, other senses or other things that you have are amplified. And some of us don't realize what we're good at. So I'm going to actually make you really uncomfortable right now. I want to ask you in your head, when you think of things that you're good at and don't say nothing. That's not.

00:01:27
That's a non allowed answer.

00:01:33
What would you say are some of your strengths? Well, the biggest one and the hardest one is piecing things together long before anybody else does or sees it or has any clue what I am talking about until I hit some in the face. Right. And I. I'm gonna expand on that.

00:02:02
But what I want to say first is taking that to hockey and how you could see the rink. Is that what the ice? It's the ice. Okay. Lacrosse.

00:02:19
I know I could say field, court, whatever pitch, but it's ice. Right? That's how you refer to it. Oh my God, it sounds so non sportsy right now. Seriously.

00:02:31
Yeah, totally. But if you could see where a defender or the puck was going to go because of that kind of innate sense of seeing things. Do you, do you see that? Well, you know, my anticipation of what, you know, where, where the, you know, play is going. 100%.

00:02:48
I was obviously rated the slowest and ugliest league, but my anticipation always got me through. But how I'm able to piece things together, my situations by, by actions, by words, by mannerisms, and I've never ever had anybody see my way. I've had to explain it to them. And then it's so kind of outlandish that they think it's full of till. Till it happens and you know, two months, three months later and like, how the do you know that?

00:03:29
Right? And so, yeah, it's a strength. But let me tell you, it sucks where I know what's going to happen. I can see what's going to happen. I tell you how it's going to happen.

00:03:41
And may in two, three, six, eight weeks, right? It's nowhere. Nowhere Blizzard. Nobody not wants us ever. That, you know, obviously some of the things that we've put together with friends, you know, when I said it, you know, you guys are like, what are you talking about?

00:04:00
You know, it's, it came true. You know, it's, it's not even fun that I told you so because it's just when you're, when you're on that island by yourself every day, even though, you know you may be riding more times than not, but it's got nothing, you know, it's not that. It's. Nobody believes you. Nobody believes in you almost because it's a different way to look, right?

00:04:29
And so I want people to understand this because there are others in the world that kind of have this intuitive sense.

00:04:40
And as you just said, it's exhausting and sucks. And the reason why it's exhausting, it sucks is because you're not the type of person that's like, I told you so, but you also can read things and see things. So sometimes it's like, I'm not going to get involved in this and here's why. And if you're not explaining it to the right person, it can become an argument or it can come across that you are being difficult or you're being stubborn and things that I know people have referred to as, that's why I'm using them. And so it is something that you're like, it's not.

00:05:17
It's not always a great gift, but it is a strength. It's a strength. And there's a difference between strengths and gifts because you're not seeing it as a gift. Even though as you continue in this world of dyslexia, why I know you're going to be the one that's going to change. It is because of this gift, because you have been able to piece things together.

00:05:36
You've been able to stay in your own lane because you know, I know what's happening in these other lanes. And I know where they're going, I know what's happening and I'm not even going to touch it. Which is also another gift in itself, which I want to ask. When you were younger, were you able to know that you can kind of do this and did you approach things different? Like did you say to people like, I know this is going to happen, this is what you should do.

00:06:01
And then people get frustrated and angry. No. And I think that's why you obviously use some of the same words over and over again. Relatability, you know, understanding, obviously we know. I thought I was dumb my whole life, right.

00:06:15
Why didn't, why didn't I connect? Why didn't. You know, it was always what's wrong with me? What's wrong with me? You know, I still think that today.

00:06:24
So I didn't have the knowledge of myself, like obviously now the last, I don't mean five years. I understand myself, I understand what it is I understand and I know who I can say it to, who I can't say it to.

00:06:45
Somebody just can't. But it's be able to process it and understand that, you know, before I couldn't, you know, I needed more understanding of the whole myself one first. And then, yeah, then we had dyslexia and everything that comes with it, you know, so it's probably, it's probably been in my 40s because I always just thought there's something wrong with me, you know, And I usually never stuck around long enough to find out if it kind of come to fruition because most of these things don't happen in, you know, a minute or five minutes. It's gonna happen six months. Right?

00:07:25
You know how many times I've called something and you're like, what the. I don't say what the. I let it sit. I'm like, okay, he maybe has a point. I don't know what it is, but I see, I hear what he's saying.

00:07:37
I hear, I hear it. I might not understand it. And then I'm like, I understand it. I remember what you said and that. But that comes with self awareness that you have now kind of sat and been like, I, I understand where this gift, the strength is.

00:08:05
And we've talked to many dyslexics that also have a, some sort of that as well. Maybe don't have as much self awareness around it. But as you said, imagine being a kid and knowing the situation is going to end up like this. But how do you express that? How do you talk about that?

00:08:26
How do you tell an adult, like, especially when we were growing up, right? An adult. Like kids were kids and adults were adults. You didn't. You didn't tell adults, like, hey, I kind of think that this might happen.

00:08:36
Um, that's a really hard place to be. And I don't think you can. You. You can say it's gonna happen because you don't. Like said somebody said to me, why don't you just tell me what you see?

00:08:46
Yeah, the same kind of thing with, you know. You know, a young kid, you don't know. Like, you just. You may feel something, you know, you're just trying to figure out, you know, it's hard enough as it is, you know. You know, you don't fit in.

00:08:59
But my. My solving to these pretty. Pretty angry chick or I don't know what the word is. Pretty, yo. Gets pretty deep and in some pretty up ways to connect dots.

00:09:16
And it's so hard to know what's happening and share with people. And they look at you like you got 10 heads. Because it's different, right? It's. It's out there.

00:09:30
It's. It's not, you know, not normal. I'm not normal. My brain's not normal. But it's.

00:09:39
You know, I live on an island by myself. I have my whole life, you know, and then same with the. You know. Yeah. Because it's so.

00:09:49
It's. People think certain things are. Are skills, you know, I really don't know the skill and the purpose of this one besides being. Well, being what.

00:10:07
And you know, I guess some of it's got. Got to do. I don't give a. Anymore. I've been let down.

00:10:12
I've been hurt, I've been steamrolled. I've been over. So I've got, you know, it's got some of it too now. I don't. I don't care.

00:10:23
Yo. I'm gonna come after you if you deserve it. I'm like, I just don't come out of people, you know, for no reason. There's a. There's a reason.

00:10:34
You don't wait, you don't wake up. Remember we talked about this before? Like, no one wakes up and be like, hey, I'm gonna be a giant dick today. I'm gonna cut Juliet off. That.

00:10:45
No, that's not how it works. Right. Right. You know, so it's. Maybe it's some of my breaking point where I don't give a.

00:10:56
Not gonna let them do it to somebody else. Just like the foundations there. I never wanted to feel why I do you know, so some of that's. Yeah, but, you know, I know some dyslexics always said, yo, they had the you attitude.

00:11:14
I've never had that. Ever had the confidence to have that. I just kind of put my head down and stay in my lane. Right. However, as.

00:11:30
Like, when you said, you don't know why you have this gift and what the purpose is, doing what you're doing and doing what the foundation is going to do. That is the whole reason. And, yes, you've had to endure a lot of shit to get to that point. To be like, I can't be affected, because if you were affected by all the shit, you wouldn't have the strength to be able to do it, to keep showing up to getting up and being like, okay, I'm doing this again. When your day is a lot of.

00:12:08
A lot of bad energy, a lot of, you know, people not understanding you, and someone that didn't have that strength would just say, I give up. Forget it. I want to do something else, and not follow what they're meant to do. And that's the reason why you have gotten hardened or gotten. I don't care.

00:12:35
Because you're meant to change this landscaped landscape for that kid in the chair. For the kid in the chair that needs you and needs the foundation and needs your you attitude. That is why you have that strength. Sir. Alan, how many people think I'm dumb, and I.

00:13:00
I'm just as dumb as they get, and I. I've got them turned into 16 different bows before they even know what hit them. You're. You're not dumb. You are so clever and so smart, and I know you hate all of this right now.

00:13:14
You're like, oh, my God. But you are. And so that is one of your strengths. The other. I kind of like this.

00:13:22
This is so fun. The other is your connection to people and the way that you can feel other people, and it leads back to the same kind of thing. But feel people and know how to be there and show up and make them feel understood is incredible. You know, you and your retrograde mercury and energy shits you. I can feel people because I understand it.

00:14:04
You know, I don't think people can. You can feel maybe. You may think you feel something, but you don't understand it. Right. So maybe it's half glass, half full, or quarter.

00:14:15
Right. Well, I got that full glass. Yeah. Well, so it's. It's green on flashing red lights to me.

00:14:29
Mm. And it's hard to see things so differently than anybody else. And yeah, like, you go to the fucking museums and, you know, and see something completely different.

00:14:53
But one of the things that is really special about your gifts and your strengths. But then I want someone to think about it in the school setting, right? And this is why it's really hard. And this is why you want to make sure that that kid in the chair doesn't get so smashed to the ground like you did, that they can see their gifts and their strengths earlier so they can make a difference in the world however they're supposed to. And that's such a beautiful thing because you were smashed.

00:15:30
You know, you. You got smashed. And not just once. You've been smashed many times, but you pull yourself up and you're like, I'm here again. Because that integrity and that drive that you had is another strength of yours, of I'm not going to give up.

00:15:50
Where there's days where you want to every day, but you don't, because you know that if you do, that kid in the chair is not going to have what you so desperately always wanted as a kid. And that, again, is another incredible gift that many people don't have.

00:16:18
Some people never find what their true gifts are, right, because they can't love themselves and fear of themselves completely. Too much trauma, you know, not easy, especially this hill that I'm climbing. But it's a mountain again. Just as never want to get to feel what I do, that's why I do what I do.

00:16:47
And that empathy and that love and that understanding that you create with every kid, anytime I've been in any of the events anywhere around you that a kid, it is a connection that you have with them. No, I'm just six years old. That's all. Well, yes, you are very childlike, but it's. That's not.

00:17:12
And don't try to derail this. This is so uncomfortable for you. You're like Mr. Squirm in your. In your seat right now.

00:17:18
But it is. It's a connection that you have. And not just the kids, the parents, because the parents see you just being able to connect two dots really quickly to make a difference in that child's life, which then makes a difference in the family's life, which then makes a difference in the world around. And this is the one thing that I think, if you think about their trajectory of helping one person, when you make that one person's life better, all the people around them then are uplifted because that person feels better. And when you uplift that group, then it just trickles down to the other groups.

00:17:57
And the other groups. And that again is not something people talk about because it's not Trolls. What you've seen Trolls? I have no. When they.

00:18:08
I don't know what his name and make me happy. Yeah. And I can't think of that. Danielle talks about trolls. And then my friend Susie that died of ftd, that was her favorite.

00:18:18
So when I would go with her on Fridays, we would watch Trolls all the time. And my kids love, love Trolls. Yes. But that's what it is. It's your what you radiate and it's not.

00:18:31
You're not radiating this like, I know I have this happy energy. So I'm not comparing us to. But it's not that you're coming in and like having this happy radiation of energy, but the connection that you make with the person in such a slight way just makes their life better. And you, whether you see it or you don't, I've witnessed it so many times. And that's another strength that again is not celebrated because it's not in school.

00:19:06
And as a kid, like a kid can't do that, right? A kid is like, how, how do you do that? Especially if a kid is trying to hide in school or a kid is trying to hide outside of school because they don't want to do their homework. So there's so many different things that for a child to be able to be seen and heard at, you know, because of what the foundation is doing and going to do, to be able to have that kid be like, okay. And be able to harness that, think about all the people around them that are just going to be uplifted because a little gift that you had and it's not little, I'm putting that in quotes that you're like, yeah, sometimes it's exhausting and I don't want it.

00:19:46
But your gift is going to make a giant change in a huge fucked up landscape that it's needed. And I know you at times just feel like it's you and then everything keeps caving down on you. Take a lot of hits, right. Can't get to two to get to one. One kid at a time.

00:20:09
And you do that beautifully.

00:20:13
You're tired. You're tired. That's funny. It's always. Yep.

00:20:19
And then the other thing is, by the way, so how you and I've like again watched this last year, you putting events together, that's a skill set. That is a skill set. Desperation. No, it's you. I know you, but you're gonna, you're gonna put yourself down in it.

00:20:39
There's people that have a skill set that can put events together and do it well. And you have the vision of how you want the event because you want. And it all goes, Ken, to what you want the people at the event to feel and leave. And people don't do events that way. They don't think about how do I want this to impact that person.

00:21:02
And that's what you do. You think about every fucking person that's going to be there and how you can make them leave with a good feeling. Yeah, that's a fucking gift. You know, life isn't easy if you can make Phil, you know, feel somebody love himself or happy enjoyment, you know, success and most events, or a lot of events, obviously dollar fare first, you know, they lead with that. You know, obviously I don't.

00:21:41
Just like, we leave with foundations, you know, self esteem, you know, very different than anybody else. If you don't have that, that doesn't add up. And this doesn't add up if you don't have this. And, you know, can't get the 2 till you get to 1, can't get to 5 to get to 4. But it's a skill set and it's a strength of yours, and it is a beautiful strength.

00:22:02
Because every event, people leave and they're like, that was the best event. And it's the feeling they got because of the effort you put into little details that maybe others wouldn't think about. And there's events that I've been to that, you know, you go and you're like, oh, this is so pretty. And, you know, the people were looking more for, like, the aesthetic thing, but you think of that and you think of all the other things, and there's some details that like events. It's like, oh, you have to do this.

00:22:29
No, I. I don't have to do this. Because why, like, why this is. I would rather focus on X, Y and Z instead of these little things. And you have a bigger picture detail.

00:22:40
But then you also think about the small details that a lot of people wouldn't think about. And those details are what makes your breaks dyslexics. Most people, that's what's, you know, that's what missing. And I won't compromise that for anything else because that's. That's what's missing.

00:23:04
You know, this world's up right now. You know, the hatred, all that. Yo, we can have different views or different, you know, no big deal. I agree to disagree. But to go and do this.

00:23:15
And you don't judge a book by cover. You have no idea what that person's been through. And I don't, I don't care if you're white or black. Purple, green, one religion, we all bleed red.

00:23:36
And as exhausting as it is every day, the little details that you put into life and people would never, they would never know it.

00:23:56
They would never know it because you don't. You let people in to an extent, in your own way. I see that face because there is a protection part, right? You're like, I know I need to, but not my first rodeo. It's not your first rodeo, exactly.

00:24:18
And when people, as you said, judging book by the COVID like if people realized the softness that you actually have, they would be, some people would be really surprised and be like, no way. Right? And I think we talked about this a long time ago, but an email that came through and it was, I think a former player or whatever, and he started like, yeah, he started with it. Just saw your post, it changed everything because I thought you were a giant dick or whatever. He said, well, you know.

00:24:57
Yeah. And to that point, that was, that was early in my life. Maturity, you know, and maturity is obviously one of them, but maturity with this understanding, right? Like you think a kid, when you're the only one that doesn't fit in the class, like the white elephant, the pink elephant, blue elephant, whatever the fuck you call it. Right.

00:25:22
It sucks, you know, having that on you in every, every, every room you go in, you know, so some of it's defense mechanisms. You know, I saw something the other day talking about laughter, right? Making people laugh and, you know, stand up and talk about being a stand up comedian. Like that's, you know, it's, it's a defense mechanism to make people laughing, you know, there's no such thing as a class counter bully.

00:25:56
Yep. And it, it's very true. You know, I can't remember what the line was, the, you know, the comedian, but it made, you know, it was making a bad situation. Right. You know, and she's like, that's why I like doing this.

00:26:14
And it had nothing to do with making people laugh. Didn't focus on you projecting it off. Exactly. And that's when people go out and think about every day. You know, there's so much stirring around this world right now.

00:26:33
I stay away from it. I like living in my little unicorn bubble. I don't want to, I don't want to know all the bad stuff. I'm aware. So anyone that's listening to is like, yeah, I am aware of what's going on, but there's just everyone, everyone's energy right now is.

00:26:51
And moods and all of this because of everything that's going on. And that, that, that's fine. But when we can go out and think about like, you don't know what someone else is going through and you lead life that way and people wouldn't realize it. And the other thing is that it's a strength. Is that you know a lot about abuse.

00:27:13
What useless shit. No, it's not. See, there you go again. No, it's not useless shit. It's actually maybe in the contents of something.

00:27:22
It might in your head useless, but it's actually not. It's. It's stuff that makes sense as you're growing your foundation. But you have a lot of knowledge because of the dots that you've connected. And you're like, okay, but again, you keep that to yourself.

00:27:37
You keep that close to your heart. You don't share that with everyone because people are like, you're just a hockey player. Right? Oh, you're just this, the. The intelligence that.

00:27:45
And I know this makes you so uncomfortable because you don't feel it, but you are very smart and have so many strengths in, in it. No, in school, with books. No, you didn't. That, you didn't. Like, you know, I mean, I, I didn't either.

00:28:01
Right. Like, there's. But there's so many more, so much more to that. And that's one of the things with education. And everyone's so upset with how the education.

00:28:09
It's been a show for so long. I mean, let's all really. Let's, let's. Let's be honest. It is a show.

00:28:16
Is it going to get worse? Who knows? Is there a way that could this make things better down the road? I, I really, I, I think it could. Who knows though?

00:28:24
But there. I know I'm gonna, I'm gonna be positive. But they need people like you to make the change and to stand up and say, this is. This is what could be done and this is what needs to be done. You have things to say.

00:28:36
Go ahead. You know, you know, the education piece, that might be better. You know, it's going to get worse for dyslexics, though, being one of the most corrupt businesses in the world now on the state level, it's easier to go and corrupt your state center than in Washington. So some of the stuff's gonna be better for sure. In state.

00:29:00
You gotta control it. Smaller department didn't get. Didn't teach anybody anyways.

00:29:08
But it's gonna get worse for dyslexics. And everybody's gonna say, you know, there's so many changes going on. And they're talking about, yeah, it's, it's never been worse than it is right now. And all the fluff of talking like they're doing something, you know, is, you know, it is all talk and it, it is lying their pockets in ways you guys could only imagine. You know, some of the stuff that I've uncovered, it's in there and out there for the kid, you know, the kid in the chair.

00:29:45
And until we get more understanding in the education world, there's a reason why learning disorder is number one contributor to mental health, and they're trying to blame it on cell phones and they want to ban cell phones. Fucking go. Go for it. It's got nothing to do with cell phones. No, it doesn't.

00:30:08
It's called relatability, understanding. Try and relate your student.

00:30:18
There's no schools in the world that are for smart kids, but there. Schools for bad kids.

00:30:27
And there's a small percentage of us that are born with things wrong. Were. Were bad. Most kids, they just want to be loved, understood. And the understood thing I've never had.

00:30:46
Right. And there's some love that some kids never get. Yeah.

00:30:55
So many important points. And like, I just want someone to really listen to what you're saying because it sounds, it's, it's simple, but it's not simple. And that's what's hard. Right. You, as we were.

00:31:12
We. We talk about often, but when you go in knowing that you're not going to.

00:31:19
You're not going to be able to do what everyone else is doing in school. You know that you're different the way you learn, but you don't completely understand who else likes sandbox gum. I like the crunch sensories. But that's. It is, it is.

00:31:41
It is something that we as teachers, you know, calling kids out doing these things where, you know, someone doesn't know it. It's, it's all of these things. And, and I understand because there, you know, there is a whole philosophy of like, well, maybe someone's just shy and I'm trying to bring them out of their shell or that ain't happening. Right. It makes it worse.

00:32:06
Oh, it's like to know that you're gonna maybe get called on. You're like, oh, I could like, yeah, that's, that's, yeah, that, that's not what this episode is about. This is about Brent. I, I could go on and on, but I think right now you're also good at fixing stuff. I mean, there's so many things that you're good at, so many strengths.

00:32:34
But if I want someone to really think about this and then correlate it back to school, and that's what is really important because we all have these strengths that when you're little and someone else is not pointing those out and you don't know yourself and you go to school and you suck at it if you don't find that thing. And that's why it's so important. We've talked so many times like, you know, okay, the kid's struggling, so then you get them tutored and you're doing all these things and they, they're never finding the thing that they're good at. And we haven't talked about this in a long time, but finding that thing that lights your kid up where it's like, okay, they actually are good. Whether it's sports, whether it's music, whether it's art, whether it's, I mean, it can be something.

00:33:12
So, you know, building something in the backyard. Right. Fixing a car with, with, with someone, like, there's so many things that if you can hold on to that and find that early. Okay, my kid has a little. Right.

00:33:25
A little bit of strength here. It's going to go such a long way and praise them for that. You know, go to school for eight hours. Like I said, it's like the electric chair. Lecture chair.

00:33:34
But then you're going to go and tutor for two more. So for 10 hours out of the 24, they're an electric chair, right? No, and, and I've, you know, we've talked to parents where it's like, well, but if they don't, if they don't get this, they're not going to ever get better. And then school's still always going to be hard. So why am I going to go put them and let them play sports when you know, even if the kid is maybe not that great in sports but like it makes them happy and all these things.

00:34:02
It's such a mind and so backwards thinking. If we could just think about what is going to make that kid feel good about themselves. That's what we need to focus on and use sports.

00:34:17
Gotten into a business. Yeah. I think the word sport should be gone. No. Is your kid having fun and is getting self esteem?

00:34:30
Yeah. Now then I don't care anything else because then he's gonna get, you know, he or she's gonna get better if you have those two. Yeah. And so, you know, go to school for eight hours. You know, you're struggling.

00:34:46
No self esteem. Then you go, you know, sport two hours where you, you know, same thing where you're not good at it, you're struggling self esteem. So there's another 10, 11 hours. So half your day it's all been negative.

00:35:02
So it's. There's no such thing as perfect. You know, it's better practice getting, you know, you don't. Practice doesn't make better. Perfect makes better.

00:35:13
Right. And the education world is. Their job is to be like, this is what you struggle at. This is what you suck at. When you need to get that better.

00:35:24
Instead of, hey, this is a strength. Let's talk about that. And it's. But I don't think they can't even see that though. No.

00:35:31
Right. They don't. Because it's like, oh, you're, you're, you know, you're not good in this. So we need to throw this down your throat and keep telling you how much you're not good at this. I enjoy getting things shoved down my throat.

00:35:41
That's fun. Yeah, I, I enjoy getting waterboarded. You.

00:35:47
I'm sure. You know, every five and six year old does too. Yeah. So let's go to school and listen to an audiobook. Okay.

00:35:57
See? See what you did there? I was gonna say, let's leave it. And you had to be a snark. Snarky.

00:36:04
Yeah. Go listen to an audiobook. Because stories sometimes let you be in your head and you can get out of your head and think of this wonderful imagination. Yeah, but that's why an audiobook can actually. Tim, we're not gonna get into this argument now.

00:36:17
This episode was gonna be done. You get in and you live in a whole new fantasy world. And that's fun.

00:36:24
We're not going to go there. All right. We're going to end on that note. Thank you for letting me tell you some of your strengths, because I know you hate that and you could see your squirmy little body not enjoying that. But it's important because there's so much you have to offer, and I see it, and many people do, um, when you let them in.

00:36:51
Um, and you do it very selectively. And I think it's a wonderful thing because you have to, you have to protect yourself. Yeah. Um, it's not that. It's not duck season.

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No. Okay, now we're going to end it. Thank you for joining us. For another episode of Word Blindness, dyslexia Exposed. You guys know what to do.

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