Throughout Patton’s early schooling he continually struggled. His father made the decision to keep him out of traditional school and educate him at home with private teachers. Patton did not attend traditional school until he was twelve years old. Patton suffered from a reading disorder which is today diagnosed as dyslexia. With the disorder, Patton could not read or write even at the age of eleven. Patton once jokingly said, “Any idiot can spell a word the same way time after time. But it calls for imagination . . . to be able to spell it several different ways as I do” (Sutcliffe 9).
When Patton was twelve his father enrolled him the Classical Schools for Boys in Pasadena, California. He continued to struggle with reading, spelling, and math
When Patton was twelve his father enrolled him the Classical Schools for Boys in Pasadena, California. He continued to struggle with reading, spelling, and math