Reading backward

Reading backward

I was born in exile and went to school without knowing my parents’ new country’s language. To further complicate things in the classroom, I had (and still have) a directionality problem and couldn’t tell my right from my left. So for me, the letters...

Reading and writing

Which subject in school did you find impossible to master? Did math give you hives? Did English make you scream? Do tell! When I was little I couldn’t master reading and writing. First, I didn’t know a word of Spanish because is not my motherly language....
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