Possible Clues:

• Heading for library: repeat, able to read
• Lost a letter, I learned
• Scholarly pupil to knot tie with speed
• Face off the best judge who's knowledgeable
• Educated version of 'speed of light'?
• Well? Read to brood withdrawing last moment to eat stew!
• Learned to repeat opening piece in Latin, initially
• Read story about three times
• Able to write a letter, I struggled
• Able to read this from the speed of the broken tile