Do Not Reblog.
❝ Of Schooling and other Basic Skills.
↳ Jesse attended school at Joel’s insistence. He didn’t pay much attention to it and skipped most days, but the fact remains that he did get some form of basic primary education. He dropped out of high school though.
↳ He can read and write in two languages, he’s fine with language as a whole. However, he has what is referred to as dyscalculia, meaning that he has difficulty with simple arithmetic tasks. Anything to do with numbers or calculations will throw him in for a loop.
↳ Because of his dyscalculia, he also has trouble with other things such as budgeting, multiplication tables, reading music (he plays by ear and is self taught. If you put a music sheet in front of him you’d confuse him), remembering names/faces correctly*, and telling the time.
↳ Yes, him saying “It’s high noon” is him making fun of himself for not being able to tell the time properly other than when it’s midday - and that was usually only because it was siesta time. Nobody knows this unless they’re family or looked at his medical history. He’s very glad that people find it just as funny/odd as he does, though.
↳ If you imply he is stupid, the man will show you otherwise. You don’t need a diploma to be smart. You also do not need a diploma to punch a man square in the jaw for putting a toe outta line.
↳ He learned how to shoot from his mother and how to cook things over an open fire by his abuelo. As Joel learned how to shoot first, he often helped Jesse practise to get better at it.
↳ He knows how to use the Deadeye ability because of Ana Amari**.
↳ He knows how to horse ride because of his dad.
*. It should be noted that this varies between people and some sources don’t include this as a ‘symptom’ of dyscalculia while other sources do. Personally I have trouble with this sometimes, which is why I included it here. The ones I struggle with mostly is everything else listed, haha.
Dyscalculia isn’t as well known as Dyslexia because it’s not as easy to diagnose in some, but here are some informational links in case anyone was interested: [1][2][3]
**. For you Hang The Fool fans, yes, yes I did pinch this idea from that fic. 8^)