Dr. Michael Postma
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697 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2017
last heard Jul 2022
Dr. Michael Postma’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Those weren't really available conditions when we were growing up.
I went to school in the 70s and high school in the 80s, and we just adapted.
We coped.
One of the things that saved me, and I talk about in the book, having parachutes, having connections, and I had a couple of
good friends that kind of stuck by me.
But the other thing I had, which is fairly rare with two children, is I was extremely athletic.
And that seemed to help me kind of navigate the social networking.
I was never good at it.
I'm not saying that, but it helped me be accepted.
And at school, you know, I was really, really strong in some areas.
I, you know, I really didn't have to do much homework, didn't have to study much.
It would just come
So I managed to get through school, but, um, the one area I really struggled with, especially with the ADD is, um, and with typical with twice exceptional kids in general is that slower processing speed, meaning it taking time to really recall all that information that's in the brain.
And so I struggle with areas like math.
I just couldn't quite get through math and having compensation skills.
I was managed to get through, but I'm still not very strong with math today because of that.
Um,
But there wasn't really much in terms of accommodation or adaptation in terms of the school.
You kind of were lumped in with the rest.
And he got through and, you know, they might have recognized some differences here and there.
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