No wunder our kidz ar doing so purli in skool
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:36:00 GMT
According to the American Literacy Council, English Spelling Stardards are a Primary Cause or Illiteracy. According to the ALC, there are currently 36 million illiterate US citizens and English is the third hardest language to learn after Chinese and Japanese.
They claim that by “normalizing” English spelling, we could spend our teaching resources on other subjects such as reading, math and science. So “tough” would become “tuf”, “thought” would become “thaut” and so on.
Spelling is not a subject taught in Spain, Russia, Germany or other European countries. At least we don’t have to worry about those pesky masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns. That never made any sense to me.
There is some truth in what they say, but I’m not sure if this really to be concerned about. And could you imagine what a mess the transition would be? Have a look at the slideshow above, it should make for interesting conversation at your next cocktail party.
And I always thought it was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fault that our kids can’t read.
