Abeel retreated socially as she became increasingly frustrated with her inability to do that which most take for granted. This dread and the added weight of not being what everyone thought her to be led to depression and full-blown panic attacks that began to cripple her emotionally. She dreaded being called on during class for fear of the embarrassment of not being able to answer questions others seemed to understand with little effort. Never understanding why she worked twice as hard as other students with little improvement in math, Abeel had always been considered among the smartest in her class. Samantha Abeel uses her strong writing ability, discovered and nurtured by caring teachers in school, to tell of her struggle to come to grips with a long-undiagnosed learning disability. "Sometimes a challenge can be an inspiration." So reads the cover on this touching, honest sharing of a life misunderstood for so long. My thirteenth winter, a memoir." Retrieved from My thirteenth winter, a memoir." The Free Library.
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