Sorcha in Micronesia

So I decided not to do week two or week three of the Blogging Abroad 10 week challenge because week two was about my daily life and week three was talking about my home. I’ve talked about week two’s challenge already, see this link , and I decided not to do week three because I didn’t want to post my host family’s house all over the internet. Instead I’m going to write about some conversation’s I’ve had with people. 13 y/o host brother: Tulpe, did you pray before eating? Me: No, I’m not religious. 13 y/o host brother: So you are Catholic. Me: No, I am not religious. 13 y/o host brother: So you are Muslim. Me: Nope (What followed was a long conversation about different beliefs and religions). 8 y/o Host brother: Tulpe you’re a troublemaker. Me: Why? 8 y/o Host brother: Because of your glasses Me: Are you a trouble maker? 8 y/o Host brother: No I’m pretty 8 y/o Host brother: Tulpe You’re not pretty Me: Uhh Okay… Why? 8 y/o Host brother: Because you eyeglasses 8 y/o

Since I’ve been a bit behind on my blogging game recently I decided to join Blogging Abroad’s 10 week challenge. The prompt for the first week is “Your Why”. When I was a little girl I struggled a lot in school. Around the age of 7 I was diagnosed with dyslexia. I was one of the fortunate students. I had access to a great system of special education teachers and resources. From the age of 7 until 18 I had at least two sessions a week with a special education teacher to help me work around my learning disability. I was also very fortunate to attend typing lessons that were designed to help children with dyslexia and/or dyspraxia thrive in this modern world. However, not many students are as lucky as I was. All too often students with disabilities are never informed of their rights to accommodations required for schooling and standardized tests. A Kids As Self Advocates survey found that only 20% of [American] students with disabilities were informed that they had access to accommodation