Now aged 50, singer Robbie Williams wants to overcome what he has not been able to until now: obtain the GCSE, the equivalent of the Middle School Certificate in the United Kingdom. It must be said that not only did the artist stop classes early to start singing with Take That, but he suffers from dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
“I never got better than D's, and for the rest, I either completely failed or I didn't even show up. I really want to go back to school and get these degrees,” he told the Mirror.
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The interpreter of Angelwho will play his own role in “Better Man”, a film about his life expected in cinemas on January 22, also spoke of his wish to resume his studies by joining university. He even hinted that he might film the experience and make a reality show out of it.
This approach also allows him to highlight his personal difficulties, notably dyslexia, with which he has always lived.
“All my life I felt stupid, because in the 1970s in Stoke-on-Trent (his hometown) dyslexia was not recognized. I have dyslexia, dyscalculia and ADHD (attention deficit disorder), but none of this was recognized at the time. I left school just thinking I was stupid. It took me years to get over that,” he said.
Dyslexia is a written language disorder that results in difficulty reading, writing and spelling. As for dyscalculia, it affects the ability to understand and use numbers as well as geometric concepts. For Robbie Williams, these troubles are so pronounced that he confided to Sun being “unable to remember your children’s birthdays or even your wedding.”
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