mr. morris' class, i'll never forget that moment where the clock didn't strike at the 50 minute to the hour so i can get to the next period, and i had to stand up, and people start laughing, and it's one of those experiences -- i know it's almost cliché, right? but it's so indelible in my life because it was sort of an exp-- i was exposed to the rest of the classroom. >> what did they say? >> just laughed at me. i literally couldn't read. i'm shaking, and i'm trying to read, and i can't, and, you know, they're laughing, and i put the stuff down, and if i could run out of class, i would, but i remember i didn't. and it was just one of those horrible experiences. and, you know, you feel dumb, you feel isolated, people call you dumb. interesting for me, cheryl, i found out about it -- my mother hid it from me for years. i was diagnosed as dyslexic, but she didn't want to stigmatize me, and i appreciate that in hindsight. i lost her 15 years ago, so i don't have the benefit of talking to her about it today. but she didn't want to. and i remember coming home, and i found out i had dyslexia. i ju