A Quote by Freya Ridings

At school I was really heavily dyslexic, so I really struggled academically with reading and writing.

Freya Ridings

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Freya Ridings
English - Musician
Born: April 19, 1994

I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.

Gia Coppola

I don't know what I would've done without it. I really struggled in school with reading and writing. Art was my refuge - my way of speaking, of dealing with my own issues and connecting with the world.

Petra Collins

In my early teens, I was working in a Wimpy Bar and delivering cab company cards to make cash. I also ran a tuck shop at school. I struggled academically because of being dyslexic. When I saw other families and what they had, it inspired me. I thought, 'I can get that, too, if I work hard.'

Theo Paphitis

I'm dyslexic, which means I have trouble reading and writing. So images really speak to me.

Nicolas Winding Refn

From the beginning of puberty, I did really badly in school. I was super dyslexic; I was in special ed. I had a hard time reading and writing, so I thought that my self worth was in my looks, how I presented myself, and how other people perceived me.

Petra Collins

I really struggled, growing up, with reading and writing. I had a hard time to do that, but I was really passionate about storytelling and about books.

Maya Hawke

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I am dyslexic, so I really struggled in school. I knew I was never going to sit behind a desk or do something involving numbers.

Douglas Booth

I struggled academically throughout elementary school

Benjamin Carson

Academically I was never that great and I was not really into school. I don't know, I just really had a problem focusing but singing always came naturally.

Ari Lennox

Being very dyslexic I couldn't even tie my own shoe laces until the age of 21 and I struggled at school.

Leo Sayer

When I was at school you never heard the word 'ADHD.' We didn't even hear 'dyslexic' at school. There was really nothing on offer. It wasn't on the planet as far as we were concerned.

Shaun Ryder

What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' reading what it really means is that the school intensely focuses on raising state-mandated reading test scores- the kind of reading our students will rarely, if ever, do in adulthood.

Kelly Gallagher

I did go through a phase of reading a lot of poetry and getting heavily into philosophy and ended up writing things that weren't really in a musical format, which I put to some very electronic-based backing.

Katie Melua

I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school.

Ashley Scott

I liked school and was a bit of an all-rounder academically, I struggled with music. I can't hold a note when singing and abandoned any notion of a career in music after barely scraping a pass in grade 2 piano.