Made a not-so-interesting but rather sad discovery today. Someone that is important to me here in the Philippines can't read. I'm 99% sure of it. The discovery came about when he asked me to help him download Angkas on his phone and then figure out how much it'd cost him to travel from work to home, etc. He told me his home location, the city, and then I asked for a more detailed location. He then started to list of the various places around his house but none of them were the ones that were popping up as I scrolled down the list. I pinned his work and then pinned his home, when I put two and two together. This explains a lot. This explains when I text message him he never responds and why he declined the various business opportunities I set up for him to private train some guys I know that want to be coached.
He cannot read.
To be almost 30 and to have gone through that much life without knowing what so many of us take for granted, wow. I don't know how he's done it but I have to give respect for adapting and figuring out how to do things without this basic skill.
Honestly, I felt really sad when I made the realization.
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