Taught a wonderful group of people on Saturday, December 8th. Thirty six more speed readers sent out into the world! These folks are on a path towards being able to learn anything, anytime. You won't be able to slip things by these folks soon! They have the tools to disect any problem, figure out any issue, and not shy away from reading and learning about anything.
The class was filled with students, busy business people, small business owners and entrapreneurs, and some folks who just wanted to learn a new thing.
Even folks with dyslexia and learning disabilities tell me that the speed reading methods I teach make reading possible for them. Earlier in the year, a firefighter was in the class who was very frustrated with his lack of reading skills due to his dyslexia. He was in a paramedic training program and really suffering from his inability to read well. The day after the class, he told me that he went home that night and read 250 pages! It was the first time in his life he had read anything well and enjoyed the process. His life was transformed.
I am happy to say that these results are typical and anyone who has identified themselves to me as having learning challenges has been helped.
Our new venue in Wallingford in a conference room of the Solid Ground organization worked out well. From their website, Solid Ground is "committed to working with compassion, integrity, accountability, creativity and an anti-oppression approach to end homelessness, hunger, inequality and other barriers to social justice." I am glad my room rental fees are going to them and their great programs. The classroom is across the hall from the Family Works food bank. It is great to be teaching around all that energy of helping people.
I am greatful to be able to share these skills with people from all walks of life and to contribute in some small way to bring some clarity into this often confusing world.
Jackie
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