Chuck Swoope is going to begin the computer program in January. His mother thinks the schools made their biggest mistake by failing to recognize Chuck's problems from the start. Annually, she pleaded that he be examined for disabilities, she said. Reading is like riding a mental roller coaster for the freckle-faced boy. Words and letters play funny tricks on him.
Stories often lack a beginning, middle and end.
In the third grade, Chuck was finally diagnosed as dyslexic, learning disabled and having attention deficit disorder. Reading help kicked in. None addressed his auditory problem. But I don't like what they give me in school. It has no taste.