What are the names of these two classic sci-fi stories?

Question

There are two great stories I would like to read again, but I don't even know where to look. I read them in high school in sci-fi anthology books; I don't remember titles or authors. The first was about a boy who discovers he can't be taught to read instantly (as is normal in this society). He considers himself a failure who must go to a special school, until he discovers that his aptitude is so great that he has been pulled out of the system to be one of the designers of the system - he has to learn to read the old-fashioned way, because the process of learning (which has been superceeded by hi tech "instant-ability" methods) is a privilege reserved for the elite few. The second story is about a man who finds himself suddenly with a nameless voice in his head. This voice accompanies him to get his haircut, to his girlfriend's apartment. It "reveals" the world to him to such a depth that he discovers he IS the voice, lost in his own head, back at the beginning of the story. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Damn, I think i read the first one too, in a story collection. Is it Asimov's? The guy is in a special institution, as a child he wanted to be a computer guy or something, and saw a few edu-films on the subject, hoping that tht would make it more likely for him to be chosen for the job (In the future, they give people the jobs that a computer decides they have the aptitude for, and ppl can't decide what they want to become in life) . but the officer tells him that reading about computers hoping he would be chosen for that field is a stupid superstition, like a pregnant woman listening to music so her child would be a musician.

The guy escapes from the facility, and then eventually, they recognize his potential. And he finds out that his room mate in the facility was an agent to spot talent among those sent there.