Ex-Bristol student unable to read at 13 now studying for PhD

A student who could not read until he was aged 13 has graduated from university with a first class degree and is now studying for a PhD.

"Learning how to read and write made the world more intelligible to me and, ultimately, made me more intelligible to the world," he said.Mr Carter is now studying for a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley He hopes to become a professor of political theory and black geographies, and then go into politics to change "a system in disrepair".

Well done!

I guess you don’t need to know how to read to do PhD on “origins of racialisation” 😀

Why the fuck is this news?

Just shows how easy a degree is; as couldn't read. So how did they pass any exam to be qualified to enter Uni? Study must be on audio tape. Sounds Pinocchio to me; happy to acknowledge studying; but the rest seems porkies.

I'm delighted for you?

Yeah, but can he read yet?

Good on him! This shows that nothing can truly hold you back.

Lord_Sugar left school with nothing and he's dyslexic and worth £1200 million...I'm dyslexic I wouldn't read in secondary school,I left school at 16 and bought a hand cart,you know what I'm worth now? ..feck all and I still own for the hand cart..

Good for him but why is there even a ‘Black Child outstanding achievement award’?

Heard a bit of the story on Today. Couldn’t see the lad but I knew he was BAME and that the uni was in US. Otherwise the BBC wouldn’t have bothered with it.

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Good on him!!

well done will

Zzzzzzz, next story

The trans Atlantic slave trade ‘ey... The selling of black people to white people by mainly black people, yet somehow white people shoulder all of the hatred.

Heard this guy this morning, what an achievement...

Well done and best wishes

Lots of kids fail at school then they achieve

Studying the origins of racialisation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. I knew there would be a race angle shoe horned into this story somewhere. Well done BBC 👍

Love this story and it about a person with drive,ambition,drive and hard work. An example how an individual can overcome setbacks. An example to other people.

Let's celebrate if he gets it

Yawn 🥱 Val down the road told me a better story

I was unable to drive at 13 now i drive to work everyday,donations direct by paypal please thank you very much

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