Posted on 08/16/2022 7:05:29 PM PDT by simpson96
John Corcoran grew up in New Mexico in the US during the 1940s and 50s. One of six siblings, he graduated from high school, went on to university, and became a teacher in the 1960s - a job he held for 17 years. But, as he explains here, he hid an extraordinary secret.
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Okay, if he couldn’t read or write how did he graduate High School, let alone College? Story sounds suspicious to me.
I had a 5th grade teacher, she couldn’t spell. But she got her entire class to EXCEL. She changed our lives. Strange things happend. God uses people in mysterious ways. My brother in law was trained to teach Auto Mechanics, yet his kids who took ENGLISH all got perfect scores... It just makes one wonder.
This explains a lot.
Good enough for government work.
No. A person who had been a teacher was assigned to me to be trained as a salesman. I took him out for a week. His job was to write the call report.
The man was illiterate.
Literally.
Still does not explain how this guy passed High School & College with neither the ability to read or write. 🙂
Probably couldn’t tell the difference between a man and a woman either.
He sounds like a great choice for Biden's next Sec'y of Education.
The saying goes, “Those who can’t, teach.”
So what? Did he mark an ‘X’ for his signature all those years?
Not sure if I’m buying this, but of course, I didn’t go and read the piece. Don’t try to expect me to either.
Social Promotion and girls who do their homework, which was super common when I was in high school, especially for popular athletes.
But atheletes do not normally end up teasching. 🙂
There was a store on a major thoroughfare that had a mistake on its large sign, easily seen by drivers. I passed it every day and it bothered me. I decided that the owner must have dyslexia. I stopped by one day and pointed out the error in his sign. He was very appreciative and thanked me.
Sometime later (perhaps a couple of weeks), I stopped by. He was quite irritated with me and told me there was nothing wrong with his sign. I couldn’t escape the impression that someone knew of his condition and pranked him. Sad.
Too funny.
So then, pretty much a typical teacher these days, eh?
I know a few teachers personally. Very nice people, but barely literate, and definitely not particularly intelligent.
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