There are many obstacles to student success in school, home and community; some are not in plain sight! In one of her blogs at Understood.org, Psychologist Dr. Ellen Braaten wrote about the impact of our fast-paced world on students who process information at a slower pace. When teachers and parents attempt to push the student to be faster, anger and frustration result on all sides. Adults then mistakenly conclude that the child is not that bright, or worse, lazy.