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.
Every day, I see my students work hard to overcome obstacles just to be in the classroom.
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.
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.
