Kutshanje, intombi yentombi eneminyaka engama-22 ubudala, uMaya Hawk, wanika udliwanondlebe kwirediyo ye-NPR, apho wathi kancinci ngesifo - i-Dyslexia, ngenxa yokuba kunzima kuye ukufunda nokubhala. Kodwa iMpumelelo yoNqaku iyonisa "sisipho."
Ndikhutshiwe esikolweni ngenxa yokuba andikwazi ukufunda xa ndandisengumntwana. Kwaye ndaya kwisikolo esikhethekileyo abantwana abakhubazekileyo. Ndidinga ixesha elininzi lokufunda ukufunda, kwaye ngoku akukho lula,
-Masa ekwabelwana ngayo.
Kwakunzima kakhulu ukuba kwiklasi yokuthengisa. Bonke oontanga bam babeyazi ngayo. Abanye bahlekisa. Kodwa abazali bam [i-vawk kunye nengqondo nguTurman], bandixhasa kwaye baphefumlelwe ukuba basebenze,
- uqaphele inkwenkwezi yamatyala "engaqhelekanga kakhulu."
Utsho ukuba uyayibona i-Dyslexia njengesi "sisipho esibalaseleyo":
Kukho amathuba amaninzi kwihlabathi lanamhlanje. Ngenxa yezithintelo zam, ndayithanda kakhulu le leta kunye nokufunda kwaye ndibukele ngovuyo ukuba i-rasta ikule nto.
Ngendlela, unyaka ophelileyo uMaya wakhupha i-albhamu yayo yokuqala yomculo. Iplate ibizwa ngokuba yi-blush.
I-Blush yindibaniselwano yemiyalezo eyimfihlo, unxibelelwano olufihliweyo nabantu ebomini bam,
-U-mayaya achaze. Inxalenye yengeniso evela kwintengiso ye-albhamu entsha wabingelela kwisibele.