Our Story: A Percy Jackson (Discontinued)

3. Kindergarten

-Age six (kindergarten)

Percy looked at the book in front of him in frustration. It looked like a big jumble of letters and he didn't understand why. All the other kids could read just fine, but for some reason he couldn't. The teacher was reading out loud with the rest of class; "Dogs say bark." Percy looked at the line the class just read, but didn't see anything but alphabet soup. At this point, he officially decided he hated reading. He told the teacher he didn't understand it, so she decided to go through a few more examples. Percy tried to pay attention, he really did, but it was just too hard. The classroom was far more interesting than the teacher: pictures of animals, the ABC's are lined around the room, the colorful papers posted on the walls, the art project they did last week... See how much more interesting things around him were? You don't see pictures of ants by the letter A on just any wall, now do ya?

Although it all seemed fine then, when his teacher assigned the work page, he regretted his decision of ants over the teacher almost immediately. School ended and Percy didn't have a single question answered.

"Ms. Jackson?" Percy and Piper's kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Curly, asked. "May I speak with you?"

Sally nervously walked over to the cat-obsessed teacher, holding the two kids hands, silently praying that neither were in trouble. "Yes?"

"This is about Perseus," Sally gulped nervously. "You may want to help him with his reading." Sally released the breath she didn't know she was holding. "I'm sure he'll get the hang of it soon." Mrs. Curly said ruffling his messy jet black hair.

Sally nodded. Poseidon had told her Percy would most likely end up with dyslexia, and/or ADHD. That just makes his chance for survival higher, so in a way Sally was relived. "We'll work on it. Say bye to your teacher, children."

"Bye, Mrs. Curly!" The two said in unison.

The next week, they all went to the doctor to see if Sally's suspicions were correct. The doctor had Percy try to read a few sentences, and did a few other tests. After a few minutes, the doctor told Percy he was done and walked over to Sally.

"I'm not certain yet, but there is a very high chance he has both Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and dyslexia." He looked up from his clip board. "I could offer you a prescription if you'd like."

Sally shook her head. "No it's alright, thank you very much, though." And with that, the family was on their way.