My name is Melody Murrhee, and I am 55 years old. My story began when I was in elementary school, 2nd grade. At the time of my story, I lived in Baton Rouge, LA. I was in public and private (catholic school)Schools. I failed 2nd grade twice. The school told my parents they wanted to test me because of my difficulties in learning. After the test, they told my parents I was retarded, and my parents could not accept that because I had been learning up to the 2nd grade. It was only by chance another parent heard of my parent's problems with me that and talked to my parents about me having a learning disability. That person told my parents to take me off sugars and carbohydrates and retake the test in one week. They did, and I passed the same test with a Higher IQ than normal. It was then they were told I had dyslexia.<br>I was pulled out of the school I was attending and put into a school run by the parents of other dyslexic children. This school's name was Charles L. Shedd. I remember to this day how they taught me. When my parents moved from LA to TX, they did not have any private schools for dyslexic children, and I was put back in public school, where I remember I struggled. I finally decided to use the tools that the Charles L. Shedd school taught me, and I actually improved my grades. I used those techniques all the way through to college. I am extremely grateful to the Charles L. Shedd Shools for helping me.