Hello!

[FrankieSoup]

Hi everyone

My name is Fran, I'm 36 years old, and I'm a mature archaeology student.
I found out last week that I'm dyspraxic after an Ed Psych appointment through student support.
Its made an awful lot of things in my life make sense (like how I can cut myself on a bathtub), but equally, no one has actually given me any ideas as to how to adjust the way I study to better work with my brain, rather than against it.
I'm here to learn, and possibly provide dog/cat memos when required.
Nice to meet everyone.

[Tom fod]

Hi everyone

My name is Fran, I'm 36 years old, and I'm a mature archaeology student.
I found out last week that I'm dyspraxic after an Ed Psych appointment through student support.
Its made an awful lot of things in my life make sense (like how I can cut myself on a bathtub), but equally, no one has actually given me any ideas as to how to adjust the way I study to better work with my brain, rather than against it.
I'm here to learn, and possibly provide dog/cat memos when required.
Nice to meet everyone.

Hi Fran
Welcome to the Forun

It's a long time since I've done any proper studying. I did GCSE Archaeology back in the 90s

Even as dyspraxics we can all have different learning and thinking styles and strategies so it can be hard to find anything that gives instant results. Being kind to and paient with ourselves is a good tip but not always easy.

[FrankieSoup]

I wish I'd had the option to study archaeology at GCSE! That sounds amazing!

[Tom fod]

It was something extra curricular they had on offer when I was doing A Levels post 16. We even had a road trip taking in some Long Barrows, Stone Henge, Wood Henge, Cerne Abbas Giant, Maiden Castle and some other places in Southern/SW England. I think it was all Coursework as don't recall sitting an exam for it.