A Serious Fear of Math
Our Assessment Center handles lots of different tests. One of the things we proctor are tests for students who need ADA accomadations. Most students just need extra time, but some students also need their tests in an audio format. We have software that lets us scan the test, and then it reads it. The catch is the software doesn't always read it in the right order, and sometimes it cannot read words or parts of a test correctly. In those cases, we have to tell the software the proper order and how things are actually pronounced. This really isn't hard. Even on the advanced Chemistry tests, I could hold my own. I didn't remember all I had learned in high school and college. I couldn't answer the questions, but I could make the test read properly. This semester, the moment I had been dreading finally happened: we had math tests that needed converted to audio. This was a cruel twist of fate because: 1) I'm dyslexic 2) I hate...no I fear math. In third grade,...