My Thirteenth Winter

Posted on 05 July 2017 by Samantha Abeel

In this beautiful and chilling memoir, twenty five year old Samantha Abeel describes her struggles with a math related learning disability, and how it forced her to find inner strength and courage.Samantha Abeel couldn t tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter and she was in seventh grade For a straight A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense She dreaded school, and began having anxiety attacks In her thirteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems and was diagnosed with a learning disability Slowly, Samantha s life began to change again She discovered that she was stronger than she d ever thought possible and that sometimes, when things look bleakest, hope is closer than you think. Read My Thirteenth Winter By Samantha Abeel – kino-fada.fr I started reading Samantha Abeel s My Thirteenth Winter in 2015, and then basically forgot all about it until just recently which I think already amply demonstrates that while the subject matter of learning challenges, of specific special educational needs, and in particular the math based disability of dyscalculia, might well have been of much personal interest to me, the book itself never really did manage to totally engage and I only finished My Thirteenth Winter because I owned a copy and h I started reading Samantha Abeel s My Thirteenth Winter in 2015, and then basically forgot all about it until just recently which I think already amply demonstrates that while the subject matter of learning challenges, of specific special educatio...Basically, this is a memoir of a special flake that lives on the edge of a town called Pityme Please note that this is not a review Rather, it s an initial reaction I may be biased as I also have dyscalculia I can t count one to ten backwards nor could I make heads and tails of my bank account After some forty pages, I so badly wanted to kick the book to curb, but I persisted Did it pay off Yes and no I do realise it s her story, but I simply couldn t relate Well, I did relate to some Basically, this is a memoir of a special flake that lives on the edge of a town called Pityme Please note that this is not a review Rather, it s an initial reaction I may be biased as I also have dyscalculia I can t count one to ten backwards nor could I make heads and tails of my bank account After some forty pages, I so badly wanted to kick the book to curb, but I persisted Did it pay off Yes and no I do realise it s her story, but I simply couldn t relate Well, I did relate to some of her experiences, but not to her perspective and outlook It may be a personality issue, but when I was at her age, I found my dyscalculia a useful tool to assess people s ability to adapt to something they weren t familiar with I also used the where there is a will, there s a way, and when there s a person blocking the way, kick that person down because otherwise, there ll be a long road of sheer frustration ahead approac...I found this book in my classroom when I came back to New Mark Middle School this summer It struck me as something I would want to read, and I have to say my first impression was right This book is amazing It is a memoir In it, Samantha Abeel tells her story of dealing with a math learning disability called discalculia Abeel was considered a bright intelligent young girl, but she struggled with basic math concepts telling time, adding and subtracting basic numbers, counting money, etc Bec I found this book...I wanted to like this book, and I did within the first 50 or so pages I guess I should lay off memoirs for awhile There s a self importance that just irritates me I find myself wanting to scream at the narrator to just get over it already and to get help, dude Ok, this book was an interesing peek into the life of someone dealing with a learning disability As a teacher, I found it intriguing, and it made me wonder how many of my...The author is gifted in writing, public speaking and creativity Because of that she masked her LD issues until 7th grade She has a learning disability that limits her in logical and process thinking She can name numbers and math signs, but can t tell you how to do an operation She can t easily look at her day or week and know if she has enough time to accomplish the tasks she needs wants to do Oh and she has depression and perfectionism It is a good book It was fairly well written Her po The author is gifted in writing, public speaking and creativity Because of that she masked he...This memoir by a young woman who has a disorder called dyscalculia felt claustrophobic to me It taught me some things about bright people who have a hard time with math and maps and telling time, but for me, dwelt too much on the sadness and alienation Abeel fe...I want to preface this by saying I am in no way the only learning disabled or gifted learning disabled person that has reviewed this book I am not speaking over those reviewers or in any way saying this review or my experience with the book is the only one you should go off of I understand some reviewers with disabilities and some with dyscalculia specifically dislike this memoir In no way does this memoir or my review of this memoir reflect all LDs or all experiences of dyscalculia, n I want to preface this by saying I am in no way the only learning disabled or gifted learning disabled person that has reviewed this book I am not speaking over those reviewers or in any way saying this review o...From the jacket flap Have you ever had trouble figuring out a tip at a restaurant Or following directions to a new place For Samantha Abeel, who has a math related learning disability called dyscalculia, each of these seemingly simple acts can feel next to impossible.In her beautiful and haunting memoir, Samantha Abeel describes in evocative detail how her life was affected by her learning disability before and after she was diagnosed In seventh grade she struggled wit the pressures of junior From the jacket flap Have you ever had trouble figuring out a tip at a restaurant Or following directions to a new place For Samantha Abeel, who has a math related learning disability called dyscalculia, each of these seemingly simple acts can feel next to impossible.In her beautiful and haunting memoir, Samantha Abeel describes in evocative ...This book was a complete surprise for me A few weeks ago, my mother sent me an email which included a beautiful quote from this book It was about being a writer, and my mother was paying a compliment to me in regards to my dedication to blogging Interested in reading the book where the quote came from, I found myself reading about a very bright girl whose world collapsed around her as she struggled through her elementary school years with an undiagnosed learning disability.Samantha Abeel was This book was a complete surprise for me A few weeks ago, my mother sent me an emai...Okay, lets start with the fact that I started of strongly disliking this book but then as the book moved on I started to like the bookandThis book was very inspirational and eye opening It shows that no matter the struggles in your life that you just have to keep moving on and face your life struggles head on That not everything in your life is your fault also that depression keeps your life on hold and you cant let that get in t...

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05 July 2017

Samantha Abeel