Courage takes many forms, but if you are a member of this dyslexia community, chances are, you have it and have many times in your life when your courage was tested. Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines courage as the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. The childhoods for most in this community are not carefree. However, there is a positive destination and there are signs that this world is slowly changing for the better. In this article, I thought I’d share excerpts from a recently published PhD that I found inspiring. The researcher was interviewing successful first-generation college students to find out why they were successful. These students were clearly gutsy, resilient, and hard-working, but they also shared the […]
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