{"id":20,"date":"2021-01-19T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chanikarp.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2021-05-05T19:40:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T23:40:01","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chanikarp.com\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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He walked in for his evaluation with \u201cI can\u2019t do anything right!\u201d at the tip of his tongue. He often left his reading-based work for last so that he\u2019d \u201crun out of time\u201d and, as soon as the teacher started calling on kids to read the Chumash out loud, he\u2019d find a reason to get kicked out of class. His parents signed him up for the school\u2019s resource room and hired private tutors, but he was still failing in school.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>

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When he came for an evaluation, it was immediately clear that he didn\u2019t know his letters or nekudos. For most people it was as simple as ABC \u2014 for him it was a guessing game each time. He felt like reading was out of his hands because, when you guess, you can\u2019t control if you\u2019ll be right or wrong. He had a learned helplessness that bled into the rest of his schoolwork. His reading methods often failed him, and he didn\u2019t know how to do it differently \u2014 so why keep trying?<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>

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Kriah is no longer a challenge.<\/div>

Within seven months, he learned to read, and to reframe his mindset about learning. Kriah was no longer a challenge and he no longer got kicked out of class. Today, he\u2019s learning in a mainstream mesivta.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div><\/div>\r\n

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