LOL...when I first got into political forums I couldnt spell for shit!
Every time I played the wife in scrabble she'd kick my ass,not due to the words being wrong but on the spelling.
I now keep trying to spell words until I get em right,if I cant manage to do that I look em up.
It's improved my spelling dramatically over the years.
My work involved numbers with very little spelling involved.
I was a very poor student in school, then at 18 I ended up in a job overseas. I excelled and got promoted, the only problem was my dumb ass couldn't write a decent report to save my life. The guy who promoted me took me under his wing and drilled grammar and spelling into my head. Only problem is he was English so sometimes I use that spelling rather than the usual American version. Like "realize" vs "realise".
Anyway, it was one of the best things that could have happened to me. Came back to the States, went to college, got educated, yadda yadda.
Same here.
I hated school and math was my worst subject. Dropped out in the tenth grade and went to work in a machine shop.
Kinda funny,worked my way up from a shop grunt to a 1st class machinist.
I learned math real quick when I could apply it to making money in something that I found fascinating.
Always been a hands on type when it comes to education.
The thing that made the most difference was I was a voracious reader from the 3rd grade up until today.
I read everything I could get my hands on about machining and it paid off.
Later in life I started reading about the stock market and how it worked. Again I had motivation.
School to me was a huge waste of time because I couldnt apply it to everyday life.