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From illiteracy to Cambridge

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Lesson 1

An unlikely Cambridge dream

wouldn't it be the most ridiculous story ever told if the boy who couldn't read and write at 18 gets a PhD before he's 30 that's Cambridge Professor Jason AR day and his story i...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 2

Discovering the power of words

saw I was like 15 that was like an experience that was orgasmic oh s words this like am I using them in the right context Jason's mother was the first to instill in him a valuab...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 3

The mentor who believed in him

can give any human being he gave them agency and a sense of importance and just always felt like he he wanted me to win hearing that that Jason looked up to me and and valued me...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 4

Turning willpower into success

the things he said to me is like look Jason you have this indominable will that is going to be your thing then I kind of thought right I'm just going to try as hard as possible...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 5

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Full video: The Cambridge Professor Who Learned To Read At 18

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