https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd How does the writer express his thoughts and feelings about dyslexia? en-us 2017-10-18 11:40:37 UTC 2017-10-18 12:02:16 UTC hello@padlet.com alex_curry1 https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198167702 Benjamin Zephaniah expresses his frustration of the lack of understanding of dyslexia through a group of three, 'No compassion, no understanding and no humanity' This suggests how teachers viewed dyslexia in the past.


]]> 2017-10-18 11:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198167702 alex_curry1 https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198170608 Zephaniah uses a adjective to help explain the challenges a dyslexic person may face, 'hard' this reinforces how hard reading and writing was for Zephaniah and this event of school was the hardest challenge he had to overcome.]]> 2017-10-18 11:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198170608 alex_curry1 https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198171755 The writer uses the problems with the education system furthermore to express his feeling about dyslexia. '"Shut up stupid boy."' This shows how he was discriminated and this damaged his feelings towards dyslexia as he constantly got put down and made it harder for him to overcome this barrier of dyslexia.]]> 2017-10-18 11:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198171755 alex_curry1 https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198172570 Zephaniah uses a metaphor to further emphasise how the system didn't support or understand him, 'the past is a different kind of country', This iterates that the way of thinking then was almost foreign.

]]> 2017-10-18 11:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198172570 alex_curry1 https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198172829 Zephaniah is once again showing discrimination. this is shown when it says '"Why don't you go outside and play some football?"' This shows how although the teachers are trying to help him, they are also damaging his relationship between dyslexia and overcoming it.]]> 2017-10-18 12:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alex_curry1/v6c46exmn2jd/wish/198172829