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was threatened price for. 2 years later and the reasons are still unclear the case of jump. starts september 30th on g.w. . khan that is hard work it's like being back in school the 63 year old has dictation today calling them once to finally be able to read street signs. it's hard for me. for decades he hid the fact that he can't read and write but he wants to change all that. way my dream is to write my daughter a letter. what

does that say. you know use. the street sign up there but it's really hard it's always difficult to read. what you did of course it's different for people who can read but. now i just can't. also look at the numbers there i can read them. every tuesday get hardpan attends literacy classes. he knows the way there by heart he knows which buses to take and is familiar with the street names. but if he has to go somewhere new it's more difficult. sometimes i invent excuses because i'm a bit ashamed that i put on

a swiss accent. excuse me please could you help me that i'm not from around here. then may help me so tricks like that yes they're the kind of turks you have. usually works your people are friendly and they help me. in germany there are about 6000000 people who can't read or write properly places like the lan cafe or learning cafe in berlin aim to help. the cause. you know how it works 1st i read a sentence and then you repeat it. then you write it down from memory so listen carefully yes we put too much salt on our supper. and we put too much salt on our dinner. supper.

no question this is hard work teachers is on the on good smiles encouragingly. trying there are just words oh help you don't worry. she's determined to get the most out of her students get is roughly twice her age we despite 9 years of schooling get hard pon that didn't learn how to read or write so we. but what he taught. and he and this is not the 1st literacy course that get hot has attended he finds it very difficult to turn the words he hears into written language it takes more than a half hour for him to write the complete sentence in his exercise book. soften her period at the initial. well done. but

there's one problem the sentence is meant to be error free. will have to try again. you know i did well. happy yes of course. i learned something. it's tiring sure. i'm already 63 and it's really difficult to get things to stick in my head. but i enjoy it anyway. my reading has improved a little with the easy words. but i couldn't write something like that disqualified. normally there are 6 students in this class but none of the others wanted to be filmed do you need the others in the class aren't as far along as gare hot who says he has no problem being open about it. many people are ashamed

and don't want people who they know or maybe their employers to find out that this . like many others with this disability has almost always worked mainly temporary jobs often for years he now has a permanent job with quba a nonprofit organization that seeks to provide work for people like him. how did you have a dream job i wanted to become a bus driver. but i didn't because of the difficulties that i had with reading and writing. that and then i wanted to become a plumber. and i tried to learn that trade but i wasn't really coping with vocational training. and so if they thought i was so after 3 or 4 months my boss said to me that i should go back to school and learn how to read and write. but

then it would be better. but then again i didn't do that of course as well. so i was sad that i didn't learn a trade. but things are looking up. and now they're now i collect trash but i also enjoy that because of being outdoors and all that. and it's great. we have a lot of freedom it's great. he's almost the only one here who is so open about not being able to read or write. but there are others who work with similar problems. but most keep it a secret. as if it is this i noticed that men talk about it more openly than women and yes the women tend to talk about it less they're really ashamed to unfortunately. the men are also ashamed but the men tend

to be more open about it. at least that's the case with me i decided that something had to change. is divorced and lives alone is a recovered alcoholic 10 years ago he decided that it was time to come clean no more secrets. my decision triggered by the fact that his daughter was just about to start school. unfortunately i wasn't able to help her and apart from that i could help are there but that's not enough time with reading and writing are very important skills these days and i have always wanted to be able to write but i can't at least not without making mistakes but i'll keep on trying i'm only 63 but when i'm 65 i'll definitely write her a letter to. his daughter didn't want to appear on camera but she's proud that her father is addressing the problem. and making food for when i see the planes flying

past i always think you'll have to fly to sweden again someday. i start daydreaming. it's beautiful up here. the view is wonderful. he has fond memories of sweden he spent some of the best days of his childhood there going to school in berlin was a painful experience. you know there were 40 of us in one class back then and it was really hard to learn with so many pupils. and the teacher who was probably a left over from the war and used to hit our hands and make a stand in the corner. with that no case standing in a corner is not so bad. but hitting our hands was a lot and that was what i had to go through there were 7 of us children in my family. then my mom sent me away when i was sent to sweden i was

8 years old i lived with her parents until i was 16 and all those years i was allowed to travel to sweden summer and winter. of course that was good i learned swedish and i can speak perfect swedish whenever i speak swedish and then i also think in swedish to come on with the school report that it is their condo or though well i think a god or a lot of shows that you're intelligent. people who are literate the ones who find reading and writing difficult aren't stupid they remember a lot of things really they're pretty smart because they remember so much stuff that the others have to check their phones where street such and such and you just know that the street is to the left or to the right. what do you do when you get mail. my girlfriend helps me out. she reads it for me.

and if i have to i go to the job center or i call and ask and. fortunately she hasn't seen this letter yet i'll have to remember to take it with me so she can read it through. thanks to this is systems he has his paperwork pretty much under control these days but before he came clean about his illiteracy things were different there were heaps of unopened letters. 2 boxes full moving boxes really weak ones. there was stuff from the job center inside from the local authorities the youth welfare office. i didn't throw anything away. and also stuff my pension and bills were in there too. on top of that got into debt but he's put those days behind him and he no longer feels under pressure to conceal his disability. i used to say i'd forgotten my

reading glasses or i've got another appointment and no time to fill this out now i'll take it with me things like that. stressful yes it's stressful of course it is when you're nervous you really need to fill up some form and that creates stress. but one thing that's really close to get his heart these days is raising awareness about adult illiteracy today he's in a pub garden the mobile literacy project the alpha male b o has a quiz for visitors anyone can take part and there's a prize. thank you i think the fact that i think they got the 5 yeah i'm just not buying it every year we put on 160 events like this across germany and one or other of you always help out a lot by approaching people on the street and telling them hey if like us you maybe

didn't learn to read or write particularly well then have the courage to do something about it. it's particularly important when people like are there to tell their personal stories. you know my daughter knows that i can't read well and i always wanted to read her a story but i couldn't i'm still working on it she's 17 now but everything will be ok i will read a story to her one day before. yesterday thank you. yeah hardpan and knows that his life could have been very different if he had learned to read and write at school and he's very keen to pass on that message to others. and the one law. or and the other. he

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