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It was The Thirteenth Warrior that gave Sam the idea. He saw Ahmed learn Norse just by listening, without any books or papers or reading, and wondered if he could too. He was always listening to his Tolkien audiobooks, and he learned that picking up Sindarin wasn't too hard. He watched Avatar so many times that the N'avi just came naturally.
Listening was easy. It was second nature to him, and when he listened, he learned. He'd pick up whole French and Spanish conversations from watching movies, and he listened to his Chaucer audiobooks enough to understand Middle English perfectly, and he learned Latin by paying attention in Mass. Sometimes, when he realized he could translate things from another language, he would feel so smart, just for a second. He would feel smart, and he would feel special.
But, without fail, somebody would always ask him to read something. A book would be placed in front of him, or a magazine, or a test, and the whole world would come crashing down around him as he remembered. He could only play at being smart for so long, until he had to look at the letters, and remember just how stupid he really was.
Listening was easy. It was second nature to him, and when he listened, he learned. He'd pick up whole French and Spanish conversations from watching movies, and he listened to his Chaucer audiobooks enough to understand Middle English perfectly, and he learned Latin by paying attention in Mass. Sometimes, when he realized he could translate things from another language, he would feel so smart, just for a second. He would feel smart, and he would feel special.
But, without fail, somebody would always ask him to read something. A book would be placed in front of him, or a magazine, or a test, and the whole world would come crashing down around him as he remembered. He could only play at being smart for so long, until he had to look at the letters, and remember just how stupid he really was.
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Amazing as always.
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