Far Greater

[purple_carpets]

Title: Far Greater
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1200
Disclaimer: Not my boys. Kripke broke them long before I ever got to them.
Summary: Dean has dyscalculia. This doesn't mean he's stupid. Not really. It just means he's useless when Ben needs help with his math homework

Comments

[borgmama1of5]

Oh, Dean...

[purple_carpets]

He's too pretty when he's sad.

[irismay42]

It's okay, Dean, I'm crap with numbers too!!!

[purple_carpets]

Because numbers suck. *nods*

I may have needed to actually look up the least common denominator thing...

[ramblin_rosie]

Well, there are different flavors of both dyslexia and dyscalculia--I have mild forms of both--but. This fits. Oh, Deeeean. *sniffle*
And I can totally relate to his getting the practical stuff as long as there is no math. One of my favorite chemistry classes was Organic for that very reason.

[purple_carpets]

Wow, it's awesome that I got it right. I know a bunch of people with varying degrees of dyslexia, but I don't think I've ever met anyone with dyscalculia, so I was really only going with a gut feeling.

And I loved organic chemistry. I don't have a learning disorder, but man, did I buy into the whole 'I'm a girl, therefor I can't do math or science' thing and then BOOM, organic chemistry. :)

[ramblin_rosie]

My experience is that it's just dyslexia with numbers, but as I say, mine's pretty mild--transpositions for both, but it's worse with numbers. I'm actually fairly good at math, as long as I double-check my work, but it's not as much fun once you hit multivariable calculus (the only C I've ever made). I can definitely see a more severe type translating into major math anxiety, and as much as the Winchesters moved, Dean wouldn't have had a teacher who would sit down and help him through it.
Funnily enough, as much of a science nerd as I was all through school, I don't remember hearing "girls can't do math or science" until freshman year of undergrad, when one of my chemistry classmates couldn't believe I kept getting better grades than he did. He was a git, though, so I enjoyed taking the wind out of his sails. :D

[annartism]

*sobs into her coffee* It´s amazing how much gut wrenching sadness you can put into one little fic! Love this sooo much! ♥

[purple_carpets]

No! Don't dilute the precious coffee!

Thanks. It's a weird form of therapy, I think. Maybe. Or maybe I just enjoy torturing the poor guy. :P

[annartism]

I drink way too much coffee anyway. Can´t hurt to dilute some of it ;P

Please never stop your therapeutic torture!!!

I have another "non verbal" comment to your story: link
It´s just a sketch but I´ll draw it properly sometime in the foreseeable future^^

[purple_carpets]

Nah, there can never be too much coffee.

Ooohh! OH! I love it already. I totally have a thing for Dean in henleys.

[juppschmitz]

You had me at "Dean cried..."

[purple_carpets]

He's very, very pretty when he cries *nods*

though bb!Dean crying sort of breaks my heart