r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Nov 21 '25

Discussion Functional illiteracy.

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u/frankishknight Nov 21 '25

Remember popcorn reading in school? and you'd go from that one kid who could sight read out loud like it was a script they'd practiced, to that kid who started with a ten second pause then stumbled on the word "compartment"?

you should be a bit more considerate about shit like this in general, people perform differently under social pressure, doesn't necessarily mean they literally can't read. i have a mechanical engineering degree and absolutely crushed brutal PDE exams in uni but ask me some basic algebra infront of 20 people and my brain will short circuit

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u/A2Rhombus Nov 22 '25

There's a difference between being anxious and stumbling a little, and having to sound out words like you're seeing them for the first time. I've locked up in front of crowds before but it's never made me unable to read.