Madison Hollman

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