All through grade school, I got extra help with schoolwork. If I got a D, I was very happy. If I got a C- minus （C-）, I had achieved greatness. A's and B's were a kingdom I could never enter.
Once my teacher, Miss Mills, had given me a list of ten spelling words. My mother and I went over the list until I knew those words. I felt great. I thought, I'm going to pass". The next day, I went into the classroom and began to write down the words. The first word was carpet. I wrote that one down：c﹣a﹣r﹣p﹣e﹣t. I was feeling pretty confident. Then came neighbor—I wrote down the letter n. Then rhythm—I knew there was an r. Suburban—I wrote s﹣u﹣b. My confidence failed me. I had gone from 100 percent to maybe a D﹣minus. Where did the words go?
Some people talk about information sliding off your brain. That was my life. I was an underachiever （未能充分发挥学习潜力者）.
Now I know I have dyslexia（诵读困难症）. A person with dyslexia might see the as teh, and bird as brid. My brain learns differently. A learning disability can really change the way you feel about yourself. Now I know that even if I learn differently
Today when I visit schools as an actor, director, and co﹣author of children's books, and give it to the world as a gift.
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