Forty-Seven-Year-Old Grandfather Learns to Read
Television Interview with Mr. Gerald Le Blanc Mr. Gerald Le Blanc, a forty-seven-year-old grandfather who learned to read using We All Can Read, is interviewed on a local television news show. The TV interview is divided in two parts.
Part One - Mr. Le Blanc talks about his inability to read. (2 minutes and 43 seconds)
Mr. Le Blanc:"I'm forty-seven years old, sir. All of my life I have wanted to read." Interviewer:"And you couldn't?" Mr. Le Blanc: "No sir."...Interviewer: "Were there ever times that you had to fake it in front of your children before they found out that daddy couldn't read?" Mr. Le Blanc:"Yes sir, and it was very embarrassing. I couldn't read them a story at night; a lot of times I wanted to."...Interviewer: And nine weeks ago you couldn't read?" Mr. Le Blanc: "I couldn't read a word." Interviewer: "Could you write very well?" Mr. Le Blanc: "Well, I can copy something, but I can't write on my own." Interviewer: "And you didn't know what it was that you were writing?"Mr. Le Blanc: "No." Interviewer: "So it all was a foreign language to you? "Mr. Le Blanc: "Yes sir, it sure was."