Going from a struggling dyslexic student to becoming the world's top engineer
What an incredible interview with one of my former students. Andrew Babakian was thirty when he came to me to help him to understand his learning style and use it to his advantage. Never did he dream to get as far as he has - and what a success story!
Only a few years after our program, he was head-hunted to the states and I was interviewing him via Zoom from his new home in California.
In his own words:
“The experience (from the dyslexia training) was amazing….You put a key in my head and you turned it and now I can read.. (Learning over one year) is going to help everyone dyslexic or not. I think it’s the right way to learn such complex words…(In 2016, I won the top award for being top engineer of the world from 8,000 people). My amazing professor saw my ability …my determination to want to finish things…he was my biggest advocate to bring me into a university… scholarship program…researching things in Silicon Valley to bring back to Australian universities..…”
I am sure you will enjoy this story as much as I have - and it will inspire so many students who are currently struggling in a class room that is not suited to their learning style. They will hear the story of perseverance and eventually the confidence to reach for the stars.