I was one of the kids who didn’t learn to read until the 3rd grade. The only kid, as I was made aware at the time. At first the urgency to rectify the situatio

I was one of the kids who didn’t learn to read until the 3rd grade. The only kid, as I was made aware at the time. At first the urgency to rectify the situation propelled me into not only learning but reading a lot, but I didn’t know how much my peers were reading or what, so I started reading voraciously Didn’t take long to outpace my peers. I have kept it up ever since