Dyslexic matric learner from Plumstead gets six distinctions
By Shakirah Thebus
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Cape Town - A Cannons Creek Independent School Grade 12 learner, who excelled in spite of severe dyslexia, hopes students battling with dyslexia receive the necessary support and don’t fall through the cracks.
Kian Frassek, 18, from Plumstead received six distinctions for maths (91%), physical sciences (87%), geography (89%), life sciences (83%), IT (95%) and life orientation (91%), all attributed to his grit and determination.
He has applied to UCT for both mechatronics and physiotherapy and was accepted for both.
“I am very grateful to all the people who have helped, acknowledged and supported me. It s absolutely great to get these absolutely delightful marks but I did work for them, and it s been great just seeing all the work come through. It was a very long year, lots of difficulties with Covid-19, the year was unexpected, but just lots of hard work helped me get through it all.”
Cape Town pupil overcomes severe dyslexia, achieves six distinctions
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A Cannons Creek Independent School pupil who has severe dyslexia and passed matric with six distinctions has been hailed for his determination and hard work.
Kian Frassek, 18, from Plumstead, who was elected a Prefect in his matric year, went from struggling to read and write to being a top achiever at the school.
School principal Mike van Haght recalled how they had to provide a reader for a portion of Frassek’s entrance assessment in 2015.
“We noticed that after two hours he had hardly written anything. When asked what the problem was, he explained that he struggled to read and write due to dyslexia. We provided a reader for the remaining portion of the test. When we marked his work the English section (for which he had no reader) was probably the worst we had yet seen, but those sections for which he had a reader, were among the best we had ever seen.”