I am in high school and have an IEP for learning disabilities and ADHD. I CAN learn, I just do it differently and it take me more time. In my Biology 20 class, I really struggle a lot to learn the material (although I manage and I am getting an 83%). Every night I go home, and I reread that days lesson in the book, do the homework assigned, then go over it, and then read tomorrows lesson in the book so I do not feel totally lost. This takes me about three hours a night. Part of my LD's insult a reading disability, so I do not absorb a lot this way, but at least I am not totally lost. I learn best through doing with guidance and oral explanations. In class I ask a lot of questions, and it takes me longer to understand than the other kids. My teacher is very rude to me. She says things like "If you can't learn why do you keep asking me questions?" and "How did someone with your intelligence level even make it to senior high school?". Can she say those things to me? What should I do?
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