I was a hopeless student when I was in grade school. “Patricia Buckley is not proficient in any subject” was the summary on one of my school reports. I have always had a lot of energy and a mind that runs all over the place. Only when I am drawing or painting am I both quiet and concentrated. A grade school teacher saved me. She told my mother. “You need to get Pat to a school where art is appreciated. That is where her talent lies.”
From pre-K through second grade, Asher Meytin attended a Jewish day school where each fall, the kids were asked what they most looked forward to that year. Asher’s number one goal was to learn to read. That was it. But he just couldn’t get it.
