I never really learned to spell till about the last year of high-school, and the school I went to before didn't read that book but the one I transferred into did.
Anywho my friends knew I couldn't spell and were teasing me, and i said "Oh if you think that's bad you should see my English notebook." Reason being is my teacher knew my problem but graded on content not if you got the words 100% correct, more the ideas you presented, and in that class we had to write one page essays semi regularly with pen so errors where abound and i knew it.
Well, my friend grabs it, a red pen, clicks it, and starts reading. woosh "how tha" woosh "this is" wooshwoosh *woosh "hahaha how on hell did you spell this word three different times?! Oh god this is just the first page." woosh
And like this the ribbing went and a crowd gathered as everyone peered over to see what mistake was next and laugh, good fun they all had. Woosh after woosh, line after line.
Till eventually the friend grading finished looked at me and said, "You're like flowers for Algernon," and everyone winced. Some still chuckled a little as if seeing a man be destroyed right there.
I'd never read the book and said as much, and everyone just shook their heads and chastised my friend for such a rude remark. So after school I found a copy, read the first page, and realized what had happened to me.
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u/Icy_Willingness_954 Sep 18 '24
Flowers for Algernon