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I never learned this, I can read all the examples easily though. They remind me a bit of Feersum Endjin by Iain M. Banks, and True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey.

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[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Well, America has been running another experiment for decades that has left a lot of people unable to spell - or do math, or science or think rationally and critically: the destruction of the education system.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 4 points 18 hours ago

Note that this article is not about the US

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 18 hours ago

Yes, it was a comment on what goes on in another country, for comparison.

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