Teachers Should Watch for Lazy Eye Syndrome With Poor Reading Students

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She stuttered as she read aloud in class, she had trouble, and it got worse when she tried to read fast. The rest of the class thought she just wasn't smart, because she had trouble reading out loud. She could tell the other students thought she was stupid, and she was terrified of being called upon to read from the textbook in front of her peers. For years this went on, until she was in Junior High School and her History teacher recommended that she go to a reading clinic during a parent teacher conference.

The lady at the reading clinic interviews the girl, she was articulate, smart, and well beyond her years in wisdom, intuitiveness, and savvy. Then she sat down with the girl to read, the girl apologized profusely even before she started to read out loud that she wasn't very good, obviously a sore point on her self-esteem. After the lady at the reading clinic assured her, this was only a test to see where they would begin her lessons, she had the girl read a passage out loud.

Almost immediately, it was obvious what the problem was, the girl had an eye problem. In fact, she had a lazy eye, and it is was interfering with her reading almost as bad as a student adapting or compensating for dyslexia. The girl said; "I try to read as much as i can as well, but it's harder since I am often falling asleep when I am sitting with a book."

Yes, it was the lazy eye syndrome issue? Many times that will put people to sleep when reading. In some ways a lazy eye will help someone sleep, all they have to do is pick up a book and start reading, immediately they become drowsey after just a couple of pages, but in school it makes it very hard for them to study, so they don't, and thus, don't do as well in school.

As far as intelligence goes, it does not mean they lack it, in fact, they may be even smarter than the rest of the kids, but they are so busy compensating to keep up that it's hard to notice. Anyway, back to the story. The girl got glasses for reading, which she was very embarrassed to use, as she was a pretty girl and the glasses were quite ugly, but she only put them on to read. Immediately her grades shot up, and she was in the top of her class.

A few of her teachers suggested that she advance, or take harder classes, even attend night school at the community college. Remember the girl was still in junior high! So, teachers remember this, and please think on it.

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Article Submitted On: March 08, 2011