12/10/2025
I actually literally gave this explanation to a student of mine, the other day!!
When those of us that think ‘differently’ are forced to fit into square boxes:
“At school I feel like I am a star shape being wedged into square hole. To fit in, I have to break off all my sparkly points… but they are my best bits.” – George
L💛VE this sooooo much!
This is often what it feels like to be a school kid with dyslexia.
You’ve probably seen this wonderful image on social media but I wanted to share the original post from the awesome ‘cause the words are just as wonderful as the image.
Reposted from
George on school.…
I have so much to say about the state of the education system, I’d need to write an essay to get it all out!!! The teachers should certainly strike, but I personally believe it will take much more than a pay rise to make everything better. The shape of schooling just can’t accommodate the learning styles and needs of this generation of kids. The technological age that our children have been born into makes them fundamentally different learners than those at school when the national curriculum came into play. And yet learners they are - they WANT to soak up information that interests them, and, in fact, nothing can stop them learning about the subjects they’re interested in. It seems that something (many things!!!) about school makes it become quite the opposite. There’s no space for them to learn what they are interested in, and the poor teachers who want to teach are not experts in the many neurodiversities and learning differences that make the confinement of a classroom situation so challenging.
It works for lots of children, and it just doesn’t for others. I hope the whole system gets the energetic shake up it so desperately needs; for the sake of the teachers and also for all those bright little stars, just trying to be the best version of themselves.
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