High School Dropout To Harvard [Paperback]

John Rodrigues is an uplifting, rebellious voice who will strike a chord with anyone who has ever had a hard time marching in step in a culture of conformity. His book is not just about how John found personal success after growing up with severe learning differences (Dyslexia and ADHD), it's the story of his journey to accept himself by finding others labled 'disabled or not normal who survived and even triumphed.
-Entertainment Weekly

High School Dropout to Harvard will save your life if a loved one, especially a child, is diagnosed with dyslexia. It is a confounding diagnosis for any parent to hear. This book will help you understand what it means and, more importantly, learn what you can do to help your child. It should be stocked in every educational psychologist's office, and it should be mandatory reading - it reads very well - for all teachers.
-Carolyn Swalina UC Berkeley DSP

John Rodrigues has written an inspiring and empowering story about his personal dyslexic journey. Young people who have dropped out of school or others who are thinking about returning to school will be encouraged by his honest recounting, light-hearted tone, and perceptive insights about his thinking style and advantages. -Brock & Fernette Eide Authors, The Dyslexic Advantage
http://dyslexicadvantage.com/

As sweet and funny and heartfelt a memoir as one could find.
-Karey & Howie DeGraaf dyslexicvictoriaonline.com

Ever since he was young, John D Rodrigues longed to be good at something, but by the time he was a teenager, his inability to sit still, the lack of volume control in his voice, and his unusual ability to break almost every drinking glass his parents ownedhad earned him the label social lc!