Do I have a learning disability or somethig?

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I just feel very not smart for some reason, I've been so bad in school all my life I had c'so in kindergarten c's and d's in Ist and so on. I live in Texas so I do this thigh called the STAAR test and my first year in did so badd..... then in 3rd and 4th grade I did this thing called success maker and I had to get out of class to go to sometime of class I forgot what is was I think it was iep but Idkeep that was third grade I'm in eight now. But I can't learn no matter how I try my parents keep on telling me your not trying but I truly am, I am one out of seven kids who can't have a year of straight a's and b's Idk know mother suspect it's Adhd but then she was like no we are going to be positive u are smart she been saying that for years but, I can't. I had to repeat a grade and now that haunts me. Because I had a twin a smart one that had all pre ap while I had none she got straight a's and b's for years and now I'm crushed she graduates a year after me. I still suspect I got adhd because I fidget with my leg all the time if I take a test or something or STAAR I start drawing on my test paper randomly thenot I start to daydream I'm so unorganized and stuff. The point is I don't know what is wrong with me  I hate my life.

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You are talking about a public school. Public schools are a national disgrace. That is why so many people are home schooling, and the results are much better. 

You describe symptoms of a B vitamin deficiency. If you have a couple bux, go to a drug store and get a bottle of B-100. Vitamin B2 is a water soluble dye that turns urine bright yellow. When the color fades, it's time for another dose. Read some books about nutrition so you know how to eat right.

When you read, look at two words at a time instead of just one. That forces you to stop talking to yourself, so you are no longer limited to reading as fast as you can talk. You talk about 100 words per minute (WPM), so if you can look at three words at a time you can read three times as fast as you talk, and when you do that you will discover that you can read a lot faster than that. Now you are free to learn a lot of stuff.

Take acting classes and concentrate on story telling. That alone will improve your earning power after you graduate. If you can, avoid high school and go to the local college instead. Get "Dress For Success" by John Molloy and consider all his advice for students. (Not so much about clothes.)

Story tellers:
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aaron+wilburn (Wow. Just wow.)
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=utah+phillips (Raunchy, but well told.)
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jerry+clower (Jerry doesn't tell stories, he whoops them.)

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You don't get grades in kindergarten. Liar. 

Learn proper spelling and grammar. I can't understand you.

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Hmm, those were some mean replies...
Over on help-qa, we have a person who is quite critical of her own learning abilities in comparison to her "smart" family, but she's also a talented musician and artist.
Your success isn't decided only by how much you know - it's important to accept this so you don't fall into a feedback loop.

Perhaps you need a different way of explanation, and more time / practice to piece together the information - that would require a different kind of tutor than school usually provide.

A medical diagnosis needs to be conducted by an authorised institution. They may prescribe medication, but know that it's not magic - you must seek an effective way to concentrate, as the parents' generation did without aid.

Do I have a learning disability or somethig?

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