Same old FABO

crackedback said

In a lot of ways it is the same ol FABO.

People picking on others because they aren't eloquent writers. Tiresome and constant. Well done.

Plenty of intelligent people don't do well with writing. A guy that worked with my grandfather was similar to the gentleman that @Ironracer wrote of. Guy could read a blueprint and machine like a madman. Ask him to write a document about the process to get there, not going to happen. Simple as that. Not his wheelhouse and no interest in that aspect of business. But he's lazy. GTFOOH with that ****.

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That’s true. Some of the brightest, smartest most inventive and creative people, and maybe the most mechanically inclined I have worked with have been dyslexic.

At first, it’s a bit hard to read what they write. But once you get the hang of it you can understand exactly what they are saying.

As an early teen (14…you could get a food handlers card back then and work…today not so much) I worked with a guy who was a high level chef. This guy would make stuff for us to eat that wasn’t on the menu and this was gourmet.

One day I asked him why he wasn’t working at higher class restaurant, and he said I can’t read or write for ****. I thought he was kidding, but he showed me how he laid out for the other cooks what he wanted. When it came to omelets a “rat with magic“ was a cheese and mushroom omelet.

He had the whole menu configured that way and sadly, he misspelled quite a few words keeping it that simple. He said he writes it like it looks and sounds to his mind.

So yes, learning disabilities doesn’t always mean a lack of intelligence.

In fact, I just thought of another one. Henry Winkler. He’s dyslexic. And his father was horribly harsh on him as a young boy. He thought he was lazy and stupid but the dyslexia was hampering him.

Interestingly enough, he and his wife have published like 20 something books for kids. And I think they are specifically targeted to kids with learning disabilities.