David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

subjects in school. You can’t read. How
are you going to do on math tests that
have a lot of writing in them? Or how do
you take an exam in social studies if it
takes you two hours to read what they
want from you?
“Usually you get a diagnosis at eight
or nine,” she went on. “And we find that
by that point, there are already a lot of
serious psychological implications,
because by that time, you’ve been
struggling for three years. Maybe you
were the cool kid on the playground
when you were four. Then you entered
kindergarten and all your peers suddenly
started reading, and you can’t figure it
out. So you get frustrated. Your peers
may think you’re stupid. Your parents