Once Illiterate, Teacher Now Inspires
Others
The
Pilot: 3.10.2015 by John Lentz
A successful businessman and former
teacher who hid his inability to read will tell his story next month at a
Literacy Council fundraiser.
When Moore County Literacy Council
Executive Director Beth Daniels began searching for speakers to participate in
a fundraising dinner for her organization, she was impressed by the story of
John Corcoran, of San Diego. Corcoran is a former business leader and English
teacher for 17 years who, incredibly, hid his inability to read and write for
decades before "guilt" drove him to begin literacy classes.
"I was looking for an adult who
was on the same path as many of our learners, and Mr. Corcoran's story really
stood out," said Daniels. "Society has made illiteracy a shameful
thing, which is really sad because it inhibits people from coming forward for
help. We have adults taking instruction from us today who have sworn us to
secrecy because their family members don't know that they are unable to
read."
The Moore County Literacy Council
will host Corcoran for a fundraising dinner on April 16 at 6 p.m. at the
Pinehurst Member's Club.
"I was illiterate for most of
my life," said Corcoran, now 77. "I was one of those people who, in
the second grade, ended up in the dumb row. I could not read, write or
spell." READ
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