She is a quick learner...so why does that make me angry?

6 weeks ago Miss 13 and I started learning sign language.  I had a few concerns...mainly that it would be too fast for her and she wouldn't pick it up, and getting her to practice at home would be another battle to add to the list.

But this is the thing...every single thing we learnt, she learnt immediately.  She has had to do no practice.  I have to come home and practice for a little bit every day in order to know all of the words for next week.  Now granted, I have retained a lot more than her and am more 'fluent' in creating sentences.  However, she can understand sign language much better than I, and it's only confidence preventing her from giving everything a go in class.

She is a blimmin' quick learner.  She has learnt so much in simply attending a night school class.  She has benefited fully from having an adult next to her encouraging her to 'just give it a go'.  Or working on her confidence by showing her the word - so that she knows she is right.

This makes me realise how incredibly unjust it is that she is so far behind at school.  Yes...she is making extremely good progress... but there is so much to catch up on that she possibly will not catch up on it all before school is out and University is ready to start.  She has career goals that will require her to go to university - so she needs to catch up!

If she had been nurtured in her learning from a young age, there is no possible way she could be behind now.  If she had been able to focus on school work instead of the fear of being hurt on her return home - imagine where she'd be today.  Instead of needing remedial help - I guarantee she would have been in the class for kids needing extension.

If her learning needs had been met for the first 12 years of her life. If she had been well nourished and free to focus.  Wow...just wow.  There is no way such a quick learner would be struggling with school now.  Just seeing her flourish in something that needs no prior knowledge...shows me just how important filling in the gaps is.










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