[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Videostar

Saying that he had the roughest time in the house, Dexter never said that.

Watch the clip much.?

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[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by DanaC

No, but unless you are lucky enough to get a diagnosis at an early stage it very much gets you labelled as stupid.

There is still a stigma attached to the condition.

I used to teach adult literacy and many of my students were undiagnosed dyslexics. Many of them self-identified as stupid because they'd been called stupid or thick whilst they were growing up, both by other kids, and by teachers.

Dexter said he has dyslexia. He has been called stupid his all life and was bullied because of it. He also said he has dyspraxia, which explains why he struggles in social situations.

[Kris]

Originally Posted by Hadouken

Did you watch live feed yesterday? Lol?
Dexter kept on sucking up to callum saying 'on paper your more intelligent than me' and dexter was also callig himself the most stupidest, yes STUPIDEST in the house which callum disagreed saying he is intelligent.
And Sam said hes fishing for compliments not callum. *shakes my head*

Doesn't matter Hadouken, if someone drowned in the pool and Callum gave them CPR and saved them he would be creepy for doing it.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by DanaC

No, but unless you are lucky enough to get a diagnosis at an early stage it very much gets you labelled as stupid.

There is still a stigma attached to the condition.

I used to teach adult literacy and many of my students were undiagnosed dyslexics. Many of them self-identified as stupid because they'd been called stupid or thick whilst they were growing up, both by other kids, and by teachers.

My lovely daughter was an undiagnosed dyslexic right up until she went to uni.
She struggled, she had to work harder, we had to help her more. But she still managed to leave school with 11 GSCE, went onto uni got her A levels then on to do her masters.She is now HOD in secondary school.
My daughter never considered herself stupid and we would never have allowed her to. We did pull our hair out at not being able to find out what her problem
was.
Perhaps Dexter did not get the support at home, might not have had as good a school etc, but I will stand by my statement that being dyslexic does not mean you are stupid.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by smudgie

My lovely daughter was an undiagnosed dyslexic right up until she went to uni.
She struggled, she had to work harder, we had to help her more. But she still managed to leave school with 11 GSCE, went onto uni got her A levels then on to do her masters.She is now HOD in secondary school.
My daughter never considered herself stupid and we would never have allowed her to. We did pull our hair out at not being able to find out what her problem
was.
Perhaps Dexter did not get the support at home, might not have had as good a school etc, but I will stand by my statement that being dyslexic does not mean you are stupid.

Of course it doesn't this guy will use any trick or manipulate any situation to his advantage, he is thinking about nominations and trying to play the pity card is all to guilt trip the other HM's.
If he does have dyslexia using it in this context was a PR stunt and nothing else.

[Kazanne]

look,I'm SURE if Callum had dyslexia there would be no sympathy or excuses,same goes for dexter to me.

[Im_Juz_ChiLLin]

Originally Posted by smudgie

My lovely daughter was an undiagnosed dyslexic right up until she went to uni.
She struggled, she had to work harder, we had to help her more. But she still managed to leave school with 11 GSCE, went onto uni got her A levels then on to do her masters.She is now HOD in secondary school.
My daughter never considered herself stupid and we would never have allowed her to. We did pull our hair out at not being able to find out what her problem
was.
Perhaps Dexter did not get the support at home, might not have had as good a school etc, but I will stand by my statement that being dyslexic does not mean you are stupid.

@Bold and i suppose you have seen how Dexter's family handled the situation that you are making such theories, what an awful assumption to make about someone elses family....

[Vanessa]

Of course being dislexic doesn't mean you're stupid. But i think some dislexic people feels that way. Maybe because they didn't get the support they needed.

[Jemal]

Originally Posted by Kris

Doesn't matter Hadouken, if someone drowned in the pool and Callum gave them CPR and saved them he would be creepy for doing it.

LMFAO.

[Kazanne]

He's still a little cock so it makes no difference to his persona.

[Gusto Brunt]

Callum is digging his own grave here with the viewers.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

Callum is digging his own grave here with the viewers.

I agree. He's getting worse. Everyday he has a rant about Dexter.

[erinp5]

Originally Posted by Kris

Doesn't matter Hadouken, if someone drowned in the pool and Callum gave them CPR and saved them he would be creepy for doing it.

and Dexter would get the blame for pushing them in !!

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by erinp5

and Dexter would get the blame for pushing them in !!

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by erinp5

and Dexter would get the blame for pushing them in!!

Lets face it Dexter probably would push someone in if they were getting in his way

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by smudgie

My lovely daughter was an undiagnosed dyslexic right up until she went to uni.
She struggled, she had to work harder, we had to help her more. But she still managed to leave school with 11 GSCE, went onto uni got her A levels then on to do her masters.She is now HOD in secondary school.
My daughter never considered herself stupid and we would never have allowed her to. We did pull our hair out at not being able to find out what her problem
was.
Perhaps Dexter did not get the support at home, might not have had as good a school etc, but I will stand by my statement that being dyslexic does not mean you are stupid.

..I'm glad that it didn't hinder your daughter smudgie and of course dyslexia doesn't reflect your intelligence but the effect on everyone's learning who has it isn't the same and that's hugely to do with when it's diagnosed as well and how much support that person gets which I'm sure you know....

[DanaC]

Dyslexia and dyspraxia are totally unrelated to intelligence. One can be a very intelligent person with dyslexia or one can be a very unintelligent person with dyslexia.

Dyslexia isn't the same for each person. There's a whole range of symptoms/characteristics that come with dyslexia, and for some it is more disabling than others. It isn't (as i am sure you know given your experience with your daughter) just about reading difficulties. For some it is also about organisational difficulties: the ability to sequence information may be affected. It may affect the ability to learn to tell the time (often creates confusion between quarter to the hour and quarter past for instance). It can affect little things like how to organize your work folder, how to plan your day.

Being dyslexic doesn't mean someone is stupid. And some people manage through hard work and a range of coping techniques to succeed very well in academia despite it. But different people experience dyslexia differently, and whereas your daughter, through hard work and determination managed to do very well academically, others may require the same level of work and determination just to keep their heads above water.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Dyslexia and dyspraxia are totally unrelated to intelligence. One can be a very intelligent person with dyslexia or one can be a very unintelligent person with dyslexia.

Dyslexia isn't the same for each person. There's a whole range of symptoms/characteristics that come with dyslexia, and for some it is more disabling than others. It isn't (as i am sure you know given your experience with your daughter) just about reading difficulties. For some it is also about organisational difficulties: the ability to sequence information may be affected. It may affect the ability to learn to tell the time (often creates confusion between quarter to the hour and quarter past for instance). It can affect little things like how to organize your work folder, how to plan your day.

Being dyslexic doesn't mean someone is stupid. And some people manage through hard work and a range of coping techniques to succeed very well in academia despite it. But different people experience dyslexia differently, and whereas your daughter, through hard work and determination managed to do very well academically, others may require the same level of work and determination just to keep their heads above water.

Dexter said he has trouble even writing his name correctly.

[DanaC]

I had a student once who couldn't pick his name from a register. Couldn't tell left from right, couldn't tell the time. He had begun to drop away from the other kids at an early age, during the first couple of years of primary school. He spent most of his school life skipping classes, causing trouble, being labelled as stupid and eventually went on to develop a serious alcohol dependency. His opinion of himself was very low.

But he was a brilliant artist. And frankly one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. Not educated, but very intelligent. Absolutely broke my heart.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I had a student once who couldn't pick his name from a register. He had begun to drop away from the other kids at an early age, during the first couple of years of primary school. He spent most of his school life skipping classes, causing trouble, being labelled as stupid and eventually went on to develop a serious alcohol dependency. His opinion of himself was very low.

But he was a brilliant artist. And frankly one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. Not educated, but very intelligent. Absolutely broke my heart.

I think his dislexia and dispraxia is the reason Dexter is so misunderstood in there. He just struggles to get his point across and it shows. If only the housemates knew they would not be so hard on him.

[DanaC]

That and there's clearly been some sort of disconnect with his Mum. Which might explain some of his odd views about women.

I actually quite like Dex. He's an interesting lad.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by DanaC

That and there's clearly been some sort of disconnect with his Mum. Which might explain some of his odd views about women.

I actually quite like Dex. He's an interesting lad.

Callum was not very sympathetic, but Gina reacted quite strongly when Dexter mentioned he was bullied. Bless her.

[erinp5]

Last nighton the live feed when Gina stepped back from the conversation and said 'I know what's going on here ' she looked annoyed and then she said to Dexter don't put yourself down.I think Gina caught on to what Callum was doing ,he was baiting Dexter.


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[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by erinp5

Last nighton the live feed when Gina stepped back from the conversation and said 'I know what's going on here ' she looked annoyed and then she said to Dexter don't put yourself down.I think Gina caught on to what Callum was doing ,he was baiting Dexter.

Some people have commented on this on DS, but i'm not sure. Gina hasn't sussed Callum gameplan yet.

[Kris]

Looks like good'ol Dex has the sympathy vote now cause dyslexia explains all of his cocky behavior.