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Curtis is from Conyers,Georgia(rural area) -
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in the third grade,he had a teacher conference. -
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teacher said he is nice but he has a reading problem and needs to repeat 3rd grade. -
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curtis decided to lie about no being able to read or write so people would not call him ¨dumb¨or ¨stupid¨ -
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he doesn´tblame the school for not helping him but he is learning the skill to lie and not be questions -
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¨if you sound smart people will think you are smart¨ watched TV/Videos to get vocabulary to keep ¨up the scam¨ -
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having electives and light on academics for his schedule in high school. -
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star football player, student council memeber and won a colling competion -
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He got a sehlarship for college his whole family was happy he was scared because he had to lie for 4 more years -
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Halfway through sophomore year (1.5) he dropped out of college -
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He moved to california -
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Got a job at a grocery store but he got in troble with he can´t read -
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He wanted to open his own produce company (fruits/vegtables) -
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He would give blank checks to companies because he could not read the invoices -
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Curtis did not Know he had to lociar his prices and he lost customers and his business fell -
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Curtis was traviling and could not read sigh or airport sighs -
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Curtis was a PSA for a program that helps people red with no judgement -
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He took literacy classes with steven and jenny. he felt happy be honest about his problem -
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He does really well with the literacy progame and can now read a book a week -
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He goes back to Gorgia-Stans another produce company and eventually becomes a food columnist -
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He decided to become a celebrity and use his platform to reach out to be illiterate community -
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He called on old friend and confessed his past and the friend called news shows to stare his story -
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Published his first cookbook -
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Curtis mesed up on TV reading a telaprometer and cried on national TV -
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People called the TV show looking for help beacuse of curtis