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[-] Shinji_Ikari@hexbear.net 27 points 10 months ago

I was talking to a younger coworker the other day and he said he has friends who can barely spell and sorta just sound it out and pick from the top 3 keyboard suggestions like they're typing Mandarin.

The loss of phonics in schools and the general teaching to the test is really hurting students.

My BiL is in high school. He's not a dumb kid but struggles in class. I found one of his essays laying around and the spelling and grammar were all over the place.

[-] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago

The loss of phonics in schools and the general teaching to the test is really hurting students.

What you described is your coworker's friends doing phonics. The problem is that English is only semi-phonetic. Ime, most people learn English spelling with lots of memorization and repeated exposure to the target words.