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A woman who recently graduated with her Bachelor of Arts Degree has revealed she was labelled 'stupid' by teachers and parents because of her learning difficulties.
The woman, from Australia, says she has had a difficult time chasing after her dreams because she was bullied relentlessly, reports Daily Mail.
“I just try to use it as motivation,” the woman, who is only known as Phoebe, wrote in a Facebook post which was later uploaded on Imgur.com.
The Australian woman says she was shamed for being “too stupid” and it got so bad, a teacher even made her cry in front of her peers because she couldn't spell words correctly, writes Daily Mail.
“Sadly, due to the harassment at school, I was too nervous to ever put people on blast or stand up for myself,” she said on her post.
But she didn’t let that hold her back. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications at the University of Technology of Sydney.
Phoebe was diagnosed with Dyslexia (a reading disorder), Dyscalculia (a difficulty in understanding numbers), dysgraphia (a deficiency in the ability to write), and ADHD (problems paying attention) but her condition remained undiagnosed until her final semester.
Phoebe took the time to hit back at all the people who said she was ‘stupid’ in a Facebook post which accompanied her proudly holding her degree.
Here is a bit of what she said:
“To the teacher in the HSC who told my parents I should drop a class because I would drag down other student’s grades,” she wrote.
“To the Uni teacher who told me I ‘obviously don't care about my education’ and made me cry in front of the class because I spelled words wrong.
“To the parents who asked a teacher to not have their child sit next to me in maths because their child would ‘become stupid too’.
“And to the education system that failed me, that told me I was only worth my 49 ATAR... Well this post is for you,” she wrote.
“ I have not only been able to finish my bachelor's with only one semester of disability support but can proudly say have finished with one of the highest GPA's of my course with the opportunity to do honours.
“So to those people who shamed me for not fitting the criteria of the ‘perfect student’, watch your back because us disabled kids are smashing you at your own game in our own unique way,” she added.
According to Daily Mail, her post has since attracted more than 1000 comments, with many sharing their own stories about living with a disability.
“I got diagnosed with ADHD recently. I didn't do well in school. You're inspiring me,” a commenter wrote on Imgur.
Way to go, Phoebe!
Additional Sources: Daily Mail, Imgur.com
