It’s the boy’s first year in school and what he learns right off is that his teacher has little patience for “hyperactive” students like him. Confusion is a crime here; questions are answered with whips and lashes. Aghast, the boy’s parents decide to home-school him, nourishing his mind with literature and history, reading to him until he’s able to read himself.

Children with Dyscalculia may find it hard to tell the time, mix up Math symbols or reverse numbers