Florence E. CallenderStopTheStruggle Archives - Florence E. Callender https://www.florencecallender.com/tag/stopthestruggle/ Beyond Academics...Retraining Brains...Transforming Lives Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:11:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.florencecallender.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-542B4CC5-B38E-44A6-B15F-E338A75DF44A_1_201_a-32x32.jpeg StopTheStruggle Archives - Florence E. Callender https://www.florencecallender.com/tag/stopthestruggle/ 32 32 184040649 From School Dropout to Founder of the Virgin Group – A Dyslexia Success Story https://www.florencecallender.com/from-school-dropout-to-founder-of-the-virgin-group-a-dyslexia-success-story/ https://www.florencecallender.com/from-school-dropout-to-founder-of-the-virgin-group-a-dyslexia-success-story/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2020 02:06:02 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=897 “I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests.” ~ Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson was born on July 18, 1950, at Blackheath, London. His father was a barrister and his mother a flight attendant. His academic performance was poor. He was always interested in […]

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]]> https://www.florencecallender.com/from-school-dropout-to-founder-of-the-virgin-group-a-dyslexia-success-story/feed/ 6 897 3 Weaknesses of Dyslexics and How to Compensate for Them https://www.florencecallender.com/3-weaknesses-of-dyslexics-and-how-to-compensate-for-them/ https://www.florencecallender.com/3-weaknesses-of-dyslexics-and-how-to-compensate-for-them/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2020 03:10:38 +0000 Florence Callender http://www.florencecallender.com/?p=885 Have you ever experienced frustrating moments while helping your dyslexic child with homework and wished there was a quick fix? When my daughter was in kindergarten, her teacher would send home vocabulary and spelling words to learn. We would spend hours going through those cards until she appeared to know the words. To my horror, […]

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