Somewhat different for me, I was slow to read, at 8 school wanted to put me in remedial class until I got a teacher who realised it wasn't me it was the source

Somewhat different for me, I was slow to read, at 8 school wanted to put me in remedial class until I got a teacher who realised it wasn't me it was the source material - she started feeding me books that were far beyond what we should have been reading. In 6mths of her giving up her lunch hour to teach me I'd caught up, In a year I'd passed everyone else, once I realised I could teach myself the things I was interested in (computers and science) there was no stopping me, I lived in the local library and read 2-3 fiction books and at least one factual book a week for the next couple of decades. School after that was easy, I'd just go get a book and teach myself because the pace at school was too slow. It's a habit that served me well, the first thing I do when approaching anything new is track down the perceived best book and devour it. I came from a pretty shitty background (poor and parents with mental health issues) but I ended up with a good career because of Mrs Speck and the thousands of books.