Re: Grammar in HS (Was: Re: Argument Structures)

Nik Taylor wrote:

>   I can
> even remember arguing that the double s's and double p in Mississippi
> were useless - I now, of course, see that they are necessary.  My
> limited memory of learning to spell was by rote, they made us memorize
> lists of words, and I guess expected us to intuitively pick up the
> patterns.
Ah, yes.  The infamous "whole-word" method.  It's based on the idea that
children develop the skill of reading just like adults do read who've already
learned.  It's idiotic, but it's been massively popular among educators who
don't know any better.

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Tom Wier   |     "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
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