John Corcoran's story might be hard to imagine, especially as you read through Neatorama without pains, but his story is not unique. Indeed, it is a sobering reminder especially for parents and teachers to never give up on their kids and students' learning.
When I was a child I was told by my parents that I was a winner, and for the first six years of my life I believed what my parents had told me.
I was late in talking, but I went off to school with high hopes of learning to read like my sisters, and for the first year things were fine because there weren't many demands on us other than standing in the right line, sitting down, keeping our mouths shut and going to the bathroom on time.
And then in the second grade we were supposed to learn to read. But for me it wbout has like opening a Chinese newspaper and looking at it - I didn't understand what those lines were, and as a child of six, seven, eight years old I didn't know how to articulate the problem.
Do you know someone who might be struggling with the same thing?
Read more about his story, and how he overcame his fears and years of struggle, on BBC.
Photos Courtesy of John Corcoran
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up with hope, down with dope
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