I'm Just A Kid With An IEP

I'm Just A Kid With An IEP

by Jordan Toma
I'm Just A Kid With An IEP

I'm Just A Kid With An IEP

by Jordan Toma

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Overview

Jordan Toma is A Motivational Speaker, Financial Advisor and a real estate investor "But it hasn't always been this easy" My life has been a roller-coaster with this "Learning Disability" and I let it control my confidence and outlook on life for the first 18 years. I let it define me - it became a permanent label stuck to my shirt every day. I will give you an idea of what I mean. You know when you are attending a conference and they give you a name tag to pin to your shirt? As far as I was concerned I had a permanent name tag. But mine said "You're not as smart as everyone else. You can't do this". This happened to me because of my experience in school and it grew roots into everything I did. I would feel helpless in class. I struggled to understand why I couldn't just pick up information like everyone else. I remember sitting in class telling myself I am going to try really hard to understand everything in class today just like everyone else and be a normal student, but I just couldn't grasp it! I was made fun of because sometimes I had to have special lessons. Other students, even so called "friends" called me dumb. I let this problem control me until I graduated in 2008. I was accepted into a life changing program called The Step Ahead.
I remember moving in filled with fear and anxiety. I went into the bathroom looked at myself in the mirror and promised myself I was going to change. I knew I couldn't let this label last forever. After that I started building a foundation of confidence and belief in myself brick by brick. It has brought me to where I am today. This journey has just started for me but now I
believe it's time to help young students that can relate to my story. My objective is to create the foundations of the belief, the confidence, the work ethic and everything that you need to become the best you can be now and not let anything ever get in your way. Now it's time to make up for lost time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781667839974
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication date: 06/21/2022
Pages: 96
Sales rank: 59,771
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

My name is Jordan Toma, I have a strong and inspiring message for young students with learning disabilities. My story is geared towards elementary school through high school students, their parents and teachers. I am currently A Motivational Speaker, Financial Advisor and a real estate investor "But it hasn't always been this easy" My life has been a roller-coaster with this "Learning Disability" and I let it control my confidence and outlook on life for the first 18 years. I let it define me - it became a permanent label stuck to my shirt every day. I will give you an idea of what I mean. You know when you are attending a conference and they give you a name tag to pin to your shirt? As far as I was concerned I had a permanent name tag. But mine said "You're not as smart as everyone else. You can't do this".
This happened to me because of my experience in school and it grew roots into everything I did.
I would feel helpless in class. I struggled to understand why I couldn't just pick up information like everyone else. I remember sitting in class telling myself I am going to try really hard to understand everything in class today just like everyone else and be a normal student, but I just couldn't grasp it! I was made fun of because sometimes I had to have special lessons. Other students, even so called "friends" called me dumb. I let this problem control me until I graduated in 2008. I was accepted into a life changing program called Step Ahead at Centenary University.
I remember moving in filled with fear and anxiety. I went into the bathroom looked at myself in the mirror and promised myself I was going to change. I knew I couldn't let this label last forever. After that I started building a foundation of confidence and belief in myself brick by brick. It has brought me to where I am today. This journey has just started for me but now I
believe it's time to help young students that can relate to my story. My objective is to create the foundations of the belief, the confidence, the work ethic and everything that you need to become the best you can be now and not let anything ever get in your way.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Confusion and Medication 1

Chapter 2 The Resource Room 4

Chapter 3 Letting Others Make Me Believe I Was Dumb (Big Mistake) 7

Chapter 4 The Transition 9

Chapter 5 High School with an IEP 11

Chapter 6 So I Was Back 15

Chapter 7 God Gave Me a Lot of Gifts, but Why Didn't He Make Me Smart? 17

Chapter 8 I Was a Wrestler 21

Chapter 9 The Great Escape 23

Chapter 10 SAT 25

Chapter 11 The College Hunt 27

Chapter 12 The Come Back 31

Chapter 13 The Step Ahead 34

Chapter 14 I Started to Notice the Change 39

Chapter 15 And It Begins 41

Chapter 16 The Hideout 43

Chapter 17 The New Identity 46

Chapter 18 College Graduation 47

Chapter 19 No More College, and No Job 50

Chapter 20 Door-to-Door Sales 53

Chapter 21 Still Selling 56

Chapter 22 Leveling Up 58

Chapter 23 Time to Move On 60

Chapter 24 Study Time 62

Chapter 25 Round Two 64

Chapter 26 That Was the Warm-Up 66

Chapter 27 A New Light, It's My Time 70

Chapter 28 What I'm Made Of 73

Chapter 29 Haters 75

Chapter 30 My Kryptonite 77

Chapter 31 I Feel Free 81

Chapter 32 I'm Just a Kid With an IEP 83

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