Simi was a master avoider.

Every class, every program, every simcha — she found excuses to not read Hebrew aloud.

Her teachers saw a capable student who "needed more practice.” Her classmates thought she was shy.

The truth: Simi was terrified of being found out.

Reading Hebrew aloud meant exposing herself. Exposing that after a decade of trying, the letters still mushed together.

Then she started working with the Confident Kriah™ Method. She learned the system behind the reading. Patterns that felt random suddenly clicked.

Writing revealed what oral reading hid: where her brain got stuck, which connections weren't forming, what foundational pieces were missing.

The panic eased. Words stopped feeling like a minefield.

And at the school Chanukah program, she surprised everyone — including herself.

She stood. Opened a tehillim. Read clearly and steadily in front of the entire auditorium.

Not because she'd memorized that kapitel. Because she finally knew how to read.