Cher's education was a "nightmare" for her.
The 78-year-old pop icon attended Fresno High School in California before dropping out at the age of 16 to pursue her career and recalled that while she was "very popular" with her classmates, she struggled with the work because she has dyslexia.
Speaking on UK TV show 'This Morning', she said: "More famine than feast. I guess it did have an impact but when you're living your life, you don't like things but you don't think there will be trauma later. I was very popular at school, I was a great athlete and I was funny and I could sing. My schoolwork was a trauma when it was happening because I'm dyslexic so it was a nightmare."
Despite suffering from the learning difficulty that mainly causes problems with reading, writing and spelling, the 'Believe' hitmaker has managed to put pen to paper for 'Cher: The Memoir' and admitted that it wasn't too difficult because she has a "flawless" memory.
She said: "My memory is flawless. When I remember stories that you'll read in the book, I remember what I was wearing, what they were wearing, where I was sitting in the room."
The Grammy Award-winning star has sold over 100 million records since beginning her career in the 1960s and wants to use her new tome to encourage other women to never give up on their dreams.
She said: "This is the thing that I wanna tell women, don't give up, ever. If you have a dream, don't let it go. Keep trying to achieve it. I have to tell you something, my mother's rule. If it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter. That's one of the best things she has ever told me."
