My Dyslexic Life - Douthit, Scott
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"The hardest thing about being dyslexic is the self-doubt. Author Scott Douthit is in his 60s and a professional educator, but he questions that maybe others were right about him: maybe he is a fake, a liar, and a fraud. It's easy for others to judge... but believing in himself fully and sincerely has been the hard part for him. When he was a child, The Wizard of Oz had a tremendous impact on him, not because the Wicked Witch scared the poop out of him (which she did), and not even because flying monkeys were cool (although they were). No, The Wizard of Oz had a profound effect on him because…mehr

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"The hardest thing about being dyslexic is the self-doubt. Author Scott Douthit is in his 60s and a professional educator, but he questions that maybe others were right about him: maybe he is a fake, a liar, and a fraud. It's easy for others to judge... but believing in himself fully and sincerely has been the hard part for him. When he was a child, The Wizard of Oz had a tremendous impact on him, not because the Wicked Witch scared the poop out of him (which she did), and not even because flying monkeys were cool (although they were). No, The Wizard of Oz had a profound effect on him because of the Wizard himself. He always identified with the Wizard because he could perform amazing magic tricks and fool people into believing that he had great powers, but if anybody ever peeked behind the curtain, they would discover the truth: a little man with no magical powers whatsoever. A fake, a fraud, a phony. Even after becoming an adult, no matter how important Douthit's job was or how much money he made, he was always worried that one day somebody would look behind his curtain and find out who he really was. This is his journey, and for the first time in his life, with this book he is coming Out of the Shadows and tell poignantly what it has been like to live life as a dyslexic, especially in an era when growing up there wasn't even a diagnosis for him"--
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Scott Douthit was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and grew up in Berkeley, California, where he discovered the joy of acting in high school. Crossing the bay, he graduated from San Francisco State University and earned his teaching credential, which has since been put to good use at Charles Armstrong School in Belmont, California. Mr. Douthit's passion for the stage and his creative teaching style have energized and engaged Armstrong students for more than thirty-five years. As a proud dyslexic learner himself, he shares Armstrong's mission to empower and unlock the unique potential of those with dyslexia and other learning differences. Today Scott lives in South San Francisco, where he and the love of his life were married and raised their two amazing children.