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My Thirteenth Winter

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    Samantha Abeel Timeline

  • First signs

    First signs

    In the first grade, Samantha started showing signs of struggling in school.
  • Math

    Math

    Samantha cannot do simple math problems
  • Learning Disability

    Learning Disability

    http://www.samanthaabeel.com/index.htm Samantha is tested for a learning disability
  • Writing

    Writing

    Samantha discovers that she actually really likes her English class because she can express how she feels in words, and is very good at it
  • Birth

    Birth

    Samantha Abeel was born on December 10th 1977.
  • Stomach Aches Begin

    Stomach Aches Begin

    Samntha begins to have very severe stomach aches at school, at home and especially at night time. She finds out that these are panic attacks and anxiety attacks.
  • Public Speaking

    Public Speaking

    Samantha speaks in publuic about her learning disability and starts getting her message across to many people
  • Discovers learning disability

    Discovers learning disability

    Sam realizes and understands that she has a learning disability.
  • Book

    Book

    Sam writes a book about her learning disability.
  • Travel

    Travel

    fnhkfSamantha spends the summer of 1990 doing a 5 city media tour about her book about learning disabilities.
  • Socially Awkward

    Socially Awkward

    In high school, Samantha pulls herself away from her friends and becomes very socially awkward,
  • College Searching

    College Searching

    During her senior year, Samantha and her mom searched for colleges until they found the right one which was Mount Holyoke.
  • Jobs

    Jobs

    Samantha looks for jobs and finds a restaurant job, but she feels like she doesn't do anything right at this job. She looks for a second job for the extra money but finds that she doesn't fit in at this job either.
  • Attends College

    Attends College

    Samantha attends Mount Holyoke. There are people there to help her but she still struggles to expand her social circle and continues to still have anxiety attacks. She makes it through the first semester.
  • Last Job Before Career

    Last Job Before Career

    Samantha has graduated college and has found a new job for the summer that she absolutely loves, which is teaching kids at a summer camp.