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Samantha Abeel Timeline
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First signs
In the first grade, Samantha started showing signs of struggling in school. -
Math
Samantha cannot do simple math problems -
Learning Disability
http://www.samanthaabeel.com/index.htm Samantha is tested for a learning disability -
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
Samantha Abeel was born on December 10th 1977. -
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
Samantha speaks in publuic about her learning disability and starts getting her message across to many people -
Discovers learning disability
Sam realizes and understands that she has a learning disability. -
Book
Sam writes a book about her learning disability. -
Travel
fnhkfSamantha spends the summer of 1990 doing a 5 city media tour about her book about learning disabilities. -
Socially Awkward
In high school, Samantha pulls herself away from her friends and becomes very socially awkward, -
College Searching
During her senior year, Samantha and her mom searched for colleges until they found the right one which was Mount Holyoke. -
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
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
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.
