I was taught phonics early. I was two to three reading levels above my class throughout school. In junior high I took a speed reading course and hit 720 wpm. For many years I read at least a book a day. I usually had a stack of books so if I grew tired of one, I could switch to another.
I don’t understand the phenomenon, but no matter the reading speed, my eye always stops dead when I encounter a misspelled word.
I would plug in the machine while using the class storage room and do all the coursework allowing me to read science fiction and war novels every day.
Alas, I was caught on the third day with two thirds of the course completed.
And as it happened, my punishment was to take a Poetry writing class.
But. I came to school early and read dictionaries and the big thesaurus in the library every morning. I wanted to write like Robert Service, or Rudyard Kipling, or William Blake. I was already writing poetry and I have been published in the years since (although it's been a while and I became a poor speller after PTSD treatment) so in a way I skated anyhow.