GET HELP AND GUIDANCE
Picture this — two kindergarten children — side by side, equal intelligence, equal advantages. Both are forming letters. One is making awkward childish letters, the other is making lovely, well-formed letters. The difference is simple. The one child is on his own, the other has the teacher guiding the child’s hand with her own hand, lovingly teaching the pupil the way the stroke could go. And that’s a normal child with all the typical resources. Picture another young child I just read about this week in his biography, entitled Masterpiece In Progress | . It is the story of Jeff Steinberg, who was born without arms and with only very short, malformed, crooked legs that appeared to be almost useless. For him to learn, as he did, to walk, to write, to draw, to drive a car — took lots of help. He needed doctors, therapists, teachers, kindly friends, and a great sense of humor to overcome the rejection and…
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