Twenty percent of all people are dyslexic. That means one out of every five students of school age struggles with learning to read, spell, and write. Otherwise bright, often especially gifted children misspell the most common words. They work harder than most but are often accused of being lazy and inattentive. By the time they are in second or third grade, it becomes more apparent and they are put in special education programs or other reading resource groups where they get more of the same just slowed down.
These are outside the box, right-brain learners that often develop compensating learning strategies on their own or not. School for most of these children is an arduous, painful time. They feel stupid and are convinced something is wrong with them. Highly motivated, encouraged, and supported children will persevere and with some success, but it is unrelentingly hard. Others give up, being misunderstood and unsupported by parents and teachers and become the problem child, falling into delinquency, hating themselves and life in general.