How Spelling Changed My Life:
“ON MY FIRST DAY OF S2C I KNEW IT WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE, BUT I WAS WORRIED MY PARENTS MIGHT GIVE UP BECAUSE INITIALLY I WAS NOT THAT ACCURATE GETTING ALL THE LETTERS. THEY DECIDED TO KEEP TRYING. SOON THEY SAW SUCH A RADICAL CHANGE IN MY SPELLING. I WOULD TELL NEW NONSPEAKERS AND THEIR PARENTS TO NEVER GIVE UP ON THEIR CHILD BECAUSE MY LIFE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH. EVEN I AM SURPRISED HOW MUCH I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST 3 YEARS. I WAS NEVER TAUGHT ACADEMICS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, BUT NOW I'M LEARNING SO MUCH. I WAS RECENTLY ACCEPTED TO AN ONLINE UNIVERSITY PROGRAM. I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE LIKE MY SISTERS DID. NOW I CAN AND I'M SO EXCITED TO LEARN.”
Madison Hollman, Speller