I could show my son the word cat and have him write it a thousand times and have him spell it out loud a thousand more times and he will not remember it. I could write the word on a blank paper and he won't know what it says. It makes me go bonkers. I try to not get frustrated in front of him but I feel like going bonkers. I guess it's because he's 5 1/2 and his sister was reading books by this time. I try not comparing them especially since I knew since he was like 3 that he has no interest in learning. He gets frustrated and sad whenever he doesn't get shyt right away. Then he doesn't want to do shyt while his sister is 2 grades ahead of schedule and always reading and researching shyt on her own.