Posted on 09/10/2025 12:36:50 PM PDT by Morgana
Why are so many teachers quitting? In this video, we explore the shocking reality that many high school students can’t read at even a basic level—and the heartbreaking impact it’s having on dedicated educators. Watch real stories, expert insights, and the growing crisis in our classrooms.
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We had those; and ‘Spot’ books.
That part of the video is marked as satire.
I tested at 12th grade reading level when I was in sixth grade. I'm definitely guilty in speed reading articles on FR, and I put the blame on many posters who publish nothing but drivel. That applies to those who post responses that cause my eyes to glaze over by the third (of 25+) paragraphs.
Besides, not reading the articles in full is a time honored tradition at FR.
I have removed my tongue that was firmly in my cheek.
Without hesitating I blurted out "85". The young man next to me asked "how did you know that?" lol
Until I was in high school, the books I read at home were strictly sports books, particularly baseball. My parents didn't try to push me in a different direction, because I was reading something.
Baseball was life to me as a youngster: I kept score, calculated batting averages and ERAs, and more.
It all worked out, leading me to a 4-year ROTC scholarship, and a 4-year tour in Germany.
Dick, Jane, Sally, Puff, and Spot!
“A” and “2” freaks me out.
Great nostalgia to see those pictures; very much ‘of their time’.
One of my kids loved baseball stat books for a while. He also loved long novels and textbooks, believe it or not. Another one loved novels and factbooks. But, another one found novels boring. He liked manuals, the kind of books that explain how to make or do something. And that was fine by me!
If a child cannot read and write, either the parents have abdicated their responsibility, or the child has a learning disability that must be addressed.
With that said, I would take these anecdotal stories from teachers with a grain of salt. They say the kids aren’t reading at grade level? They should be more concerned about the material the kids are reading. Some schools are giving the students pornographic books.
Meanwhile, too many parents are convinced they’re powerless. But, in most families, the kids can learn to read well without school.
Learning to read comes naturally, and it should be fun. It starts with learning to love books. It begins with babies when we cuddle with them to read storybooks, point to the words as we read them, talk with them about the pictures, turn the pages, interact with them as we tell the story. Little children further learn to love reading when they see their parents (and older siblings) read. At home, parents sing the ABCs to them, so children learn it in song. They learn to write their ABCs with pen and pencil. They learn the sound each letter makes. They learn phonics. They learn how to spell by writing on paper (and typing). Next comes sight reading. And children learn very quickly with educational software games.
If it’s true that many schoolkids can’t read or write, they must not have learned to love reading books. They grew up reading social media, texting, etc.
Same thing, isn't it.
A and 2 what I get for being distracted while posting!
You Tube is.
Writing and then reading isn’t.
Podcasts are replacing the MSM. Some are good, and many are not so good, and some are bad.
Many “teachers” are too busy to teach the basics. Many are busy posting giggles and cheers on X about how happy they are Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
Schools are merely indoctrination centers where leftist activist evil morons poison the minds of your kids with marxist bullchit.
I know there are some teachers that aren’t leftist fools, but they are few.
Until that changes and America gets serious about cranking out well educated children, we will never get America to be a healthy free country again.
I think your second example is probably the case.
Every morning we’d go through flashcards with the letters and then repeat their sounds after the teacher. Then the letters would be put together into words, and we would sound it out.
I remember sounding things out, and I think we had flashcards; but the whole process just seems to have happened kind of magically...
That’s easy. I multiply everything by 10 and then go from there. The 10 makes it easier than the 5.
17x10=170 divide by 2 since 5 is half of 10.
When I was explaining this to granddaughter she got a giant blank look on her face. After I kept throwing numbers at her and she did it a few times you could see the lightbulb go off.
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