I suspect that Trump's public disdain for reading or anything related to
intellectual pursuits may not only have to do with his own incapacities, but
also a way for him to seduce uneducated, anti-intellectual voters.
Miriam
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Dyslexic, huh? That would explain the mechanical oddities, but I have worked
with many dyslexics and the condition does not account for the behavior issues
exhibited by Donald Trump. I have known people who covered their inability to
read because they have been teased or ridiculed to the point of having to deny
it, but few of them display the contempt that Donald Trump uses to cover his
failings.
My first full time job after graduating from dear old Ballard High, was for a
man who read out loud, word by painful word. He read the comics and headlines.
He was a shrewd businessman, but his grasp on world events and his
understanding of our history came from headlines, the Lone Ranger and Dick
Tracy.
When I taught Food Service Management to blind students in the BEP, one fellow,
a partially sighted man, was told by his eye doctor that he had 20/200 vision.
This meant he was legally blind and eligible to work in the program. After
operating a vending facility for several years, he applied to the agency for
additional services. He was required to have a physical and an eye
examination. This doctor found that the fellow had something closer to 20/80
vision, and it was correctable to about 20/40. He had become so clever at
hiding his dyslexia that he had fooled the first exam. He could see well
enough that he identified items by their shape and color. Ask him for a pack
of Pall Mall cigarettes and he reached for the red pack. Sad to say, his
"improved vision" forced him to quit the BEP, since the vendors had to be at
least legally blind.
Since I'm into the story this far, the ending was not so bad. The fello's VRC
enrolled him in a remedial reading course. He not only learned to read...well
enough to make sense out of print, but he developed Macular Degeneration and
reentered the BEP, running his own snack bar for many years.
But speaking of training and placement of blind people, I can't think of a
single job I would feel comfortable referring Donald Trump for, if he were
blind...well, maybe a job with Money Tree or selling used cars for Honest John.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/2/17, Bonnie L. Sherrell <blslarner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In answer to your curiosity about Trump's reading history, Carl,
wonder no more.
The man is apparently dyslexic and is functionally illiterate, which
helps explain his erratic spelling and disdain for education. His
classmates at Wharton saw little of him on weekends, when he retreated
to NYC to work in the family real estate business, and state that when
he did come to study groups he was consistently ill prepared.
Whenever he's asked what he's reading, he's said for years it is "All
Quiet on the Western Front." In videos of the depositions made back
when he was sued by the government for refusal to follow fair housing
guidelines, you can tell he's not reading the contract his
interrogator is asking him to review. He claims that the lettering is
too small, but refuses to have them blown up so he can "read them
without his glasses," which he supposedly failed to bring with him.
He admits that he's never read a single contract he's ever signed, but
boasts he's signed thousands of them.
By the way, no one I've ever talked to has ever indicated he has any
glasses, reading or otherwise.
He can decipher short communications, which is why he loved Twitter so much.
But he has insisted he not be bothered by being given written briefs,
particularly if they're likely to be long. He claims they're too long
to bother with when in reality he'd never be able to get through them
easily. He's good at hiding his illiteracy, but believe me, it's
there.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the
very wise cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
We gave the Goblin King control of our nation!