“When I was a child, I wrote a letter to an oceanographic institution in California called Scripps (Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC San Diego). It was a Dear Santa Claus letter. “Dear Scripps, I want to be an oceanographer.” I’m sure I misspelled it, because I’m dyslexic. They gave me a scholarship.” – Robert Ballard When I was seventeen, 56 years ago, I went on my first expedition. We got caught in a storm, hit by a rogue wave, and I thought that was so cool. I was too young to be afraid. I just fell in love with adventure with a purpose, where you go out there and overcome the obstacles that you’re always faced with, and then you find this secret, whether it’s a shipwreck like the Titanic, or […]
Discoverer of the Titanic – Dyslexic Ocean Explorer Robert Ballard [Premium]
by Fernette Eide | May 10, 2016 | Being Dyslexic, Careers, creativity, D Strengths, Dyslexic Advantages, Famous People with Dyslexia, I Strengths, M Strengths, MIND strengths, N Strengths, Premium, Premium Content, Science | 0 comments