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This is how I was taught to read by the nuns in the early ‘50s. Despite what the article says, I quickly became an excellent reader with a larger than normal vocabulary. This has been a benefit to me throughout my entire life. The only drawback is that without phonetics, spelling becomes a separate discipline to be mastered, but the trade-off is well worth it.

I still remember the first word I was taught. The nun in her full black habit stood at the blackboard and drew two upright ovals, side by side. She made a dot in the center of each oval, and stepped back to let the effect of two eyes staring at us sink in. Then she placed an L in the front and a K at the back, and introduced us to our first word.

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This is how I was taught to read by the nuns in the early ‘50s.

Me too. In fact I was taught so well that I was invited to read on the local radio's Children's Hour when I was in the 2nd grade.

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I’d have thought, titties - look.