He was born with a slight mental disability, and one of his teachers told his mother that she should not force the boy to learn to read, as that would only frustrate him.
سرانجام سائولو پیشرفت قابل توجهی در خواندن و نوشتن کرد تا جایی که توانست در مدرسهٔ خدمت تئوکراتیک گفتار دهد .‏