Exam Answers: Tom Cruise Edition

Occasional humorous answers are the one consolation to grading final exams.

Here is a paragraph from a reading on one exam:
"Tom Cruise, like his mother, suffered from dyslexia and he was placed in remedial classes at school. He is right-handed when writing, but does most other things left-handed. As he was not an academic success at school, he focused on athletics and completed in many sports, including wrestling. A knee injury derailed his hopes of a promising athletic career."

The question about this paragraph read:

Why was Tom Cruise placed in remedial classes at school?

One student was a sentence off:

Because he is right-handed when writing and does most other things left-handed.

And another misinterpreted the phrase "like his mother":

Tom Cruise was placed in remedial classes at school because he likes his mother.