School is hard for so many students, and especially for children with learning differences like dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, or ADHD. However, academic challenges aren’t necessarily an indicator of a child’s potential for professional success. Unfortunately, this is a message that these students (and their parents!) don’t hear nearly often enough! Richard Branson struggled his way through school, as did Barbara Corcoran and Henry Ford. Thomas Edison and Andy Warhol had dyslexia, just like George Washington and Nelson Rockefeller. The list of incredibly accomplished people with learning disabilities is endless. The reality is that a diagnosis of a learning disability is only evidence of learning differently.
Despite this, these challenges are often seen as primarily an impediment. Likewise, students with these differences may face prejudice, or have trouble imagining future possibilities from within a difficult academic experience.
That’s why we’re introducing It’ll All Be Ok, a Braintrust interview series. We sit down with accomplished professionals who achieve incredible things in their respective fields because they learn differently. First up, Braintrust CEO and Co-founder, Mara Koffmann speaks with Michael Kirban, CEO and Co-Founder of Vita Coco about special education classrooms, the transformative powers of supportive parents, and learning to chill out!
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