For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It's really hard work.
As a young girl, I was very proud at overcoming a reading handicap whilst other girls of my age read abundantly.
Believe it or not, lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college.
Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.
Every day, I see my students work hard to overcome obstacles just to be in the classroom.
I didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back.
I didn't learn the alphabet until I was 11.
I had a lot of reading problems growing up.
