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Hey Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of Together, We're Gonna Find Our Way: An Unofficial Silver Spoons Podcast. Today I covered S3E19: Trouble With Words, which aired on February 24, 1985. In this episode When Alfonso is not doing well in school, Dex thinks he is spending too much time on his dancing. And when Alfonso's grades don't improve, Dex forbids from entering a dance competition. But Bruce Jenner who is trying out some exercise equipment Edward has developed, thinks he knows what Alfonso's problem is. This was a strong Alfonso episode, he really knocked it out of the park with his acting in this one. I like that we dealt with a serious topic that is still very prevalent today, dyslexia. Granted this was 1985 and sometimes this learning disability tended to get overlooked by teachers and school officials or even sometimes misdiagnosed as another learning disability like ADD or ADHD. I'd like to think we've come quite a long way since then and now have specialists who are able to properly diagnose children and schools are able to help children not feel isolated and alone as they struggle to adapt to a new way of learning. I looked up on Amazon and there are tools like specials pen readers for people with dyslexia. Also there have been many sitcoms that have dealt with learning disabilities from dyslexia to only being able to read a little or even not at all. I love how Bruce Jenner guest starred and showed Alfonso that even celebrities and geniuses like Albert Einstein suffer from dyslexia even Bruce Jenner himself and that is doesn't keep you from achieving your dreams you just have to work harder than most. Join me next week for a more light hearted episode in S3E20: Hot Shot, which aired on March 3, 1985. In this episode a pair of scalawags use Rick in their scam to sell faulty cameras. Have a great week everyone!