tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555727554163952719.post764224363370864588..comments2013-03-18T21:30:15.128-05:00Comments on Snack for Later: All I Ever Needed to KnowMaggie Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922165743778478737noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555727554163952719.post-2607594149826237602009-09-15T14:52:13.391-05:002009-09-15T14:52:13.391-05:00Thank you, Laura, for the longest comment I have e...Thank you, Laura, for the longest comment I have ever received on a post :) And I totally agree on the common sense comment...the more the better!Maggie Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922165743778478737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555727554163952719.post-23271759906178772952009-09-15T10:14:14.836-05:002009-09-15T10:14:14.836-05:00Maggie, Maggie, Maggie. I use cursive every day (...Maggie, Maggie, Maggie. I use cursive every day (and I was one of those freakishly weird kids who loved spelling AND penmanship!). And spelling......well, perhaps high schools should employ remedial spelling AND English classes, since so many articles, advertisements, letters-to-the-editor, etc., seem to have legions of basic errors in them--due, in part, to the feel-good trend of "phonetic spelling" which dominates lower elementary classrooms. Children do not learn to spell words correctly, but they feel really good about spelling them wrong. The other part? That would be the insane world of texting. Ick. That's all I'm sayin' about that.<br /><br />I guess a lot really depends on what you want to do with your life. So much of what is learned in school could be taught more proficiently by just plain living, acquiring common sense, and learning from mistakes. It used to be you could take home ec. and learn how to cook and sew. Business classes taught basic economics, accounting and typing. Shop and ag classes taught you how to farm and fix your machinery yourself. Those things have gone by the wayside for the most part in favor of new math, sensitivity training, multicultral history, and ACT prep courses......so once you're out of high school, you can talk to people really nicely about how smart you all are, but you can't sew on a button or cook a meal (not that you could measure the ingredients anyway)--and even if you could, you've no idea where your food came from in the first place, other than the local co-op organic farmers' market (but it's probably organic free range fair trade).<br /><br />Anyway. Too bad I don't feel strongly enough to pull my kids from building school and teach them myself. Oops, wait--yes I am! ;)<br /><br />Interesting post, Mags.<br /><br />Nick, it takes a strong man (and a great brother) to admit that his sister is a better speller than he. :)laurazimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07740164378856454831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555727554163952719.post-18798270373395646612009-09-13T18:24:57.156-05:002009-09-13T18:24:57.156-05:00A lot (not "alot") of K-12 education is ...A lot (not "alot") of K-12 education is about giving students skills for future learning. For example, I agree that "lamborghini" is a completely useless word for a weekly spelling test. A better word would have connected with the content of her curriculum. However, you still needed to practice study skills to learn to spell it correctly. <br /><br />For all those people reading the comments, Maggie is the best speller in the family.<br /><br />"Bad spellers of the world untie"<br /><br />NickNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494880531221450673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555727554163952719.post-22685381965142367592009-09-13T18:23:31.933-05:002009-09-13T18:23:31.933-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494880531221450673noreply@blogger.com