Tragedy Affects Academic Behavior
Due to her mother’s death, little is known of G’s developmental progress as a child. She also reports “major gaps in my memory from about the 2nd grade to about junior high school.” Her educational background shows a history of problems with math, and she believes that her problems began “when they switched over from old math to new math.” She was an A student in high school and reports that she was always in advanced courses except for math. During high school she received F’s in her first attempts at both Algebra and Geometry; when repeated, she received C’s in both courses. She was never tested for learning or attentional disorders.