If any of you have read my first post then you know a little about what I have went through and why I am asking this question. For years I have dealt with the ramifications of what occurred in elementary school, middle school, and high school, now, I realize that in order to move on with my life, I need to try to understand why this happened. Before finding this board I was uncomfortable speaking or even resurfcing the memories of what had occurred. I had always wondered why, but had been to scared to mention what happened to anyone, for fear that I would be labled again, and would have to repeat all of those nightmares. Why, would someone with what seemed to be a normal intelligence who had trouble with fractions would be labled LD instead of the school hiring a real tutor to correct my problems. According to my parents, I showed no signs of being disabled, no signs of having trouble in basic mathematics with the exception of fractions. I am sure some of you are wondering why my parents did not hire a tutor from outside the school. From what I have been told they were told not to, that the school would furnish the tutor. These are very painful memories for me, and I would just like to find out if there are any others out there that have been through a similar situation.