To: Gennie
That whole idea of associating symbols with sounds is doomed to fail. We'll be switching to Chinese writing or maybe the pre-alphabetic cuneiform or hieroglyphic scripts. Also far too many children have become hooked on phonics and had to be sent to whole word rehab.
19 posted on
10/25/2011 12:09:43 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(Compare "Delay is preferable to error" - Thomas Jefferson // "Pass this bill now!" - Barack Obama)
To: KarlInOhio
I am often surprised that Shakespeare learned to read before phonics was invented.
70 posted on
10/25/2011 12:56:01 PM PDT by
kitkat
(Obama, rope and chains)
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