Dyslexia Success: Understood and Harvey Hubbell Talk with Landmark College Students

Video Transcript

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Rhiannon Greywolf, AS Life Sciences/BA Studio Art: When I started realizing there were a lot more people who learned the way I did, too, that made me a lot more comfortable. And it made me a lot more comfortable with striving very hard to succeed in the way that I wanted to.

Elizabeth Bellingham, AA Business Studies/BA Liberal Studies: I didn't know I had ADHD. I was struggling, but I didn't know exactly why or where I was struggling. I did know that I had to work harder than all the other students.

[text on screen: Landmark College Students. Striving and Succeeding With Learning and Attention Issues. Understood. for learning & attention issues]

Omoefe Ogbeide, BA Liberal Studies: I don't take no for an answer, ever. I don't take failure as the end, ever, and it's changed my entire life. I owe my success to my work ethic. I don't back down on anything.

Marc Thurman, AA Liberal Studies: When I was 25, I was mentally and physically ready for college. I knew what had to be done. I knew what I had to do.

Bellingham: I did know that I had to work harder than all the other students.

Malcolm Migel, BA Liberal Studies: When it does seem like there's nothing else to do but give up, just keep pushing through, because it's the only thing that you can do to prove to yourself and to everyone else that your doubts are incorrect.

Rhea Weinstein, BA Liberal Studies: Should I go to college? Can I? Am I smart enough? I knew I had potential in me. I just felt like there was something not clicking, something that I wasn't grasping about learning. Oh my gosh, what's my problem? Can I even make it out of like eighth grade, into high school, into college? I wish I had more people in the classroom who could work with me one-on-one. I'm high-functioning. I just need help. Learning how to utilize my creativity within school has really helped me understand how I learn and how I see the world around me. I thought the best option would be to go to community college, and take courses to see what kind of interests I had. I started taking black-and-white photography, and that's become a big passion of mine. My favorite picture I've ever taken was on my study abroad trip to Chile: A straight aerial shot of the active volcano. I'm doing my four-year degree now. I'm about to graduate next spring, and I'm graduating with honors.

Ogbeide: Persistence, work ethic, and having this drive that is like, insatiable, is what is going to determine your success.

Isaac Alam, AS Computer Science: I use all my resources correctly. I use tutoring, and I use the fact that I had two teachers in the classroom. And I was in a smaller setting, so I was able to focus. After a while, I was having better grades than most of my friends that were in those big classes.

Bellingham: Everything that didn't make sense before, it was a big, "Aha! I understand now!"

Thurman: Some of us, it takes us a little while to get it, and when we get it, it's like, boom!

[text on screen: Directed by Harvey Hubbell V. Produced by ChangeBarn]

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[text on screen with photos and short videos of people: More to explore on Understood: (first row) 4 Strengths That Come From Challenges; Video: 9 Questions With Max Brooks on His Dyslexia Challenges and Successes; (second row) Successful Entrepreneurs With Learning and Attention Issues; Video: Mother and Daughter Take Their Dyslexia Story to Washington.]