When I was younger, I always had problems paying attention in school. It felt like my teachers were always upset with me, and I was constantly in the principal’s office. My fellow classmates took notice of my plight and rather than encourage me, they began to call me stupid and discourage me further, which in turn caused even more problems. My parents were tired of being called into the school and decided to take me to see a counselor, and that is when we found out the source of my difficulties. I was told that I have ADHD, but at that time, those four letters didn’t mean anything to me. I also found out that I was Dyslexic, which again meant nothing to me at the time. My diagnosis started me down a path to learning about myself. Dr. Jeff Sosne has been my psychologist through my diagnosis of ADHD and has also been a role model for me. He has always tried to help me succeed and encouraged me through hard times. One day during a session, Dr. Sosne asked me what I wanted to pursue as a career, and I told him that I was inspired by him to explore the field of psychology. Dr. Sosne told me he would help me reach my goal of becoming a psychologist, and provided me with the steps I needed to follow in order to succeed. …show more content…
I knew I had the potential to do better in school, but I hadn’t been applying myself as I should have been. Dr. Sosne also said that I needed to drop algebra 2 because I had already met my graduation requirement, which was three years of math. He also said that he felt that the fact that algebra 2 was required by most colleges was discriminatory to people like myself with learning