Can't Read Can't Speak Properly A Childhood Memoir

By Robert Hartley

Like many millions of disadvantaged children, Bob Hartley went through school  being unable to read, and he also had a speak impediment. Can't Read, Can't Speak Properly  tells of his experience and his attempts to cope with the daily challenges and eventually overcome them, when having to finally address the question - What do you do when you know you're thick? His solution, to everyone's surprise, including his own,  eventually led to him to pass exams, go to university,  be awarded  a degree and later a doctorate and work as a research psychologist with failing working class children just like he was. Eventually he became an award winning documentary film director.

                                                                                                        

Can't Read, Can't Speak Properly will inspire parents, teachers, and people struggling with the effects of speech problems and illiteracy to believe that there is hope and that lives can be turned round, even when hope is lost.  He did so, and hopefully his story and insights will help others understand more deeply and assist those to find a way out of this childhood ordeal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Hartley
• Release date: Dec 10, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223891598

Robert Hartley

Robert Hartley worked as a documentary film director making films for television. He trained at the National Film & Television School and he won the British Film Institute Award as Outstanding Newcomer to British Film & Television and other international film awards. Prior to becoming a film director he worked as a research child psychologist with children from London's East End and he has a doctorate in psychology from London University. He has published research as a child psychologist and he has also taught documentary film production at London Metropolitan University.