Bus driver shares inspiring literacy storyCBC News: 7.28.2011 by
Michael Moore kept the seriousness of his reading problem hidden for years but now the Winnipeg Transit driver is getting national attention for starting a new chapter of his life.
Moore is one of 14 recipients this year of the prestigious Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
The 52-year-old man describes himself as someone who slipped through the cracks of the school system with low marks in English. He scraped by with grades not much more than 50 per cent and never read a book from cover to cover.
He developed day-to-day strategies to cope, often saying, 'you do it, I've forgotten my glasses.'
To become a bus driver at age 25, he orally memorized all 75 rules and regulations. He also kept his shortfall a secret at work by not applying for promotions.
But with children, and faking his way through reading to them, Moore finally decided he needed to get help and get the monkey off his back. READ MORE !
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