Kerby Ivory
CFCC School Sponsored Scholarship
Ever since I was a young boy, education has been at the forefront of my desires. Nothing compares to the thrill of discovering new information and a deeper understanding. Even to this day I still get excited when I can pepper some new factoid into a conversation. My pursuit of education was never about useless knowledge; for me it was and still is an ultimate goal. As a young student, I had difficulty learning how to read. I would substitute words into passages that would make sense in the context of the work. I could not phonetically sound out words. I even had trouble getting my eyes to follow the flow of the text. It was apparent that I had some sort of gap in my learning, but the education program decided they needed to …show more content…
I would practice reading on any material I could: Novels, Encyclopedias, Comic Books, magazines, TV subtitles, even the dictionary. Nothing was safe from my search for knowledge. I soon discovered that I had a niche for remembering information and details. I could read something once and nearly remember all of it. I used this to my advantage. School soon became second nature to me. I accomplished excellent grades and accolations. I was rivalling and surpassing my peers. This is only thanks to my desire to better myself.
At the beginning of my Sophomore year, It was brought to my attention that I in fact suffer from Dyslexia. Frankly that was no surprise since it runs in my family and even as I write this letter, I find myself misspelling things. If I had conceded and let my ‘disability’ dictate my life, I would certainly not have achieved the success that I have. I never let my dyslexia control me. I only let it motivate me. Push me to be better. Push myself to be better than I currently
CFCC School Sponsored Scholarship
Ever since I was a young boy, education has been at the forefront of my desires. Nothing compares to the thrill of discovering new information and a deeper understanding. Even to this day I still get excited when I can pepper some new factoid into a conversation. My pursuit of education was never about useless knowledge; for me it was and still is an ultimate goal. As a young student, I had difficulty learning how to read. I would substitute words into passages that would make sense in the context of the work. I could not phonetically sound out words. I even had trouble getting my eyes to follow the flow of the text. It was apparent that I had some sort of gap in my learning, but the education program decided they needed to …show more content…
I would practice reading on any material I could: Novels, Encyclopedias, Comic Books, magazines, TV subtitles, even the dictionary. Nothing was safe from my search for knowledge. I soon discovered that I had a niche for remembering information and details. I could read something once and nearly remember all of it. I used this to my advantage. School soon became second nature to me. I accomplished excellent grades and accolations. I was rivalling and surpassing my peers. This is only thanks to my desire to better myself.
At the beginning of my Sophomore year, It was brought to my attention that I in fact suffer from Dyslexia. Frankly that was no surprise since it runs in my family and even as I write this letter, I find myself misspelling things. If I had conceded and let my ‘disability’ dictate my life, I would certainly not have achieved the success that I have. I never let my dyslexia control me. I only let it motivate me. Push me to be better. Push myself to be better than I currently