[lonestar]

Hey! I'm on Dubya's side. I've listened to him preach about phoics for 8 years now. I'm only serious when I say Laura has more influence with him than any Harvard professor.

I'm also serious about no one method is going to work with every child. Children, not methods, have to be taught.

[aberaussie]

"Children, not methods, have to be taught."

Improper methods make it more difficult for children to learn. Phonics works for most kids.

[templar]

I'm also serious about no one method is going to work with every child.

Long, long time ago, when I was in school, phonics was used in my school system (morning prayers and bible reading too, that long ago). Everyone going to my elementary school learned to read. No failures. Some of us were better than others, but everyone could read.

I suppose children today might be different though. evolution and all of that sort of stuff.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I heard a grade school math teacher express the same sentiments: "I don't teach math, I teach children!"