(10-13-2023 06:28 PM)colohank Wrote: Dexter Manley admitted that he was functionally illiterate when he graduated from Uncle Homer State University. Great academic standards!
To his credit, he learned to read and write after he left that cow pasture.
yes, Dexter did make that claim, however, it was not really true.
Dexter's sister doesn't think he is fibbing about his reading problem, though she didn't understand its severity at the time.
"He would write; he would read. He just wouldn't do a 12-page essay or skim a Charles Dickens novel. He might misspell words, but I never considered him illiterate.
"But I did know how to address an envelope. And I'd write my own letter. I'd write, 'To Mom,' and finish it, 'Love you always,' and throw a couple lines in between, real simple stuff.
Dexter is dyslexic, and did avoid classes with essays, but he answered the multiple choice questions.
He didn't "become" functionally illiterate until he got banned from football, sort of convenient, don't you think?
He had tutors 3 days a week, and did take "easy classes" like bowling, etc. There was no "progress towards a degree" rule then, but he did have to maintain his eligibility.
you guys are just horrible at smack talk.... more like junior high than G5 smack.
keep trying though, I'm cherring for ya
