First of all, I try to be a positive role model.

I still have nightmares about taking tests.

I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.

I was scared to death, but I made fear score points for me. Fear is right behind me, fear is six inches off my back, that's where fear is. I can feel its presence. But it's not going to catch me... I'm going to take fear and use it to my advantage.

I just barely got through school. The problem was a learning disability, at a time when there was no where to get help.

We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.

Have an open mind and an open heart. I'm not this bad person. I'm just doing what I have to do.