Ask for help Quote by Fantasia Barrino

I remember studying so hard for so long and saying to my parents, 'I will be a teacher.' And they were looking at me…

— Christine and the Queens

My father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head.

— William Butler Yeats

I was the quiet kid in the corner, reading a book. In elementary school, I read so much and so often during class that…

— Cassandra Clare

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty…

— Beverly Cleary

I was cripplingly shy. When I was in high school, my teachers thought I was mentally disabled because I wouldn't be able to say…

— Lou Barlow

I remember failing reading in school at a young age, and you just kinda get left behind and I felt helpless.

— Kevin O'Leary

All of my music teachers gave up on me one by one because I couldn't read music.

— Freya Ridings

At school, I was bored with the teachers, and there were moments where I felt they were singling me out.

— Bill Bailey

When I was a teenager, I thought if any of my friends or people at school see me reading a book, they're gonna think…

— George Pelecanos

The teachers thought there was something wrong with me because I wouldn’t talk to other kids. I was almost playing mind games with them.

— Mikey Way

As soon as I figured out I didn't know anything about music, I was OK. It's when I thought I could learn something that…

— Allan Holdsworth

I was expelled from four schools. Today I still read with difficulty.

— Sarah Miles