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35. My father taught me phonetics and a few

Wed Apr 13, 2022, 06:27 PM

Apr 2022

printed words before I started kindergarten. Then I built up my reading vocabulary from there, asking meanings for words that I could sound out but had not heard before. So I became an avid reader.

My older brother tried to stump me by giving me words to spell that had silent letters, like "knife." But my mother clued me in by pronouncing the "k."

There were times, though, when my mother said that too much reading time was not good and sent me outdoors to play or distracted me with something else.

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"The author was 12 when these things happened to him. Such things happen to 12 year olds..." [View all] kpete Apr 2022 OP

Bravo! Girard442 Apr 2022 #1

I remember reading the repuglicon strategy to take over local organizations erronis Apr 2022 #2

my late mom felt that the rs owned the white house , the congress, AllaN01Bear Apr 2022 #5

In the late 1980s Iwas elected to the local school board. We were expected to attend "new".... usaf-vet Apr 2022 #7

Yep! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #18

They are using the same plan to take over positions of influence in our electoral process. CrispyQ Apr 2022 #22

What was the response from the board members? Did they just take it? jaxexpat Apr 2022 #27

Great question. I'll admit the meeting to meeting happenings are a bit foggy after 30 years but.. usaf-vet Apr 2022 #31

I get it. Atrophy. jaxexpat Apr 2022 #32

Very early 80s reagun... and even before.. HUAJIAO Apr 2022 #9

Most Republican politicians send their own kids to private schools IronLionZion Apr 2022 #11

And those Repub parents don't want sex ed... but they can afford "vacations" for a semester.... albacore Apr 2022 #34

Pat Robertson set up a PAC to fund school board campaigns... IthinkThereforeIAM Apr 2022 #16

You recall correctly. A drib here, a drab there and pretty soon you got a silent insurrection....... jaxexpat Apr 2022 #28

Brava!!! niyad Apr 2022 #3

pox the harper valley pta. doing her job:) AllaN01Bear Apr 2022 #4

Dedicated to his parents, sister and grandparents who disappeared into the night. Kid Berwyn Apr 2022 #6

thanks for the link, kidberwyn NJCher Apr 2022 #12

K&R spanone Apr 2022 #8

you go, Mrs. Gussky NJCher Apr 2022 #10

When I was in 6th grade, the trial of Adolf Eichmann wnylib Apr 2022 #13

I read about and watched the Eichmann trial riverbendviewgal Apr 2022 #25

My parents were Dems, and not racist or anti Semitic, wnylib Apr 2022 #26

Your parents cared about you riverbendviewgal Apr 2022 #29

My father taught me phonetics and a few wnylib Apr 2022 #35

You were fortunate riverbendviewgal Apr 2022 #41

"I know! Let's have a good old-fashioned book-burning." BobTheSubgenius Apr 2022 #14

......we could all become very merry, very tired, riding back and forth on the Stygian ferry*. jaxexpat Apr 2022 #30

Nice! BobTheSubgenius Apr 2022 #38

"We love the undereducated": DJ Trump 2016 world wide wally Apr 2022 #15

I read that book, but when I was around 40. Highly recommend it. Jetheels Apr 2022 #17

I read it when I was in my 40's. Quakerfriend Apr 2022 #20

Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #19

Mr. Weisel would have been proud of that teacher. 70sEraVet Apr 2022 #21

The PTA knobs don't want their precious spawn reading this book, they say it is too Ziggysmom Apr 2022 #23

remember the movie "Carrie" and how religio insane her mother was? alphafemale Apr 2022 #24

I remember reading that book at an older age than 12. BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #33

"Night" is an excellent book with a big lesson in it. trickyguy Apr 2022 #36

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And those things happened to children much younger than 12. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2022 #39

Now THAT is a professional. Teachers are the scholars of their communities, and ancianita Apr 2022 #40

Sex education should be taught ymetca Apr 2022 #42

Most of these things ARE HAPPENING right now to children in Ukraine. Are parents unplugging Ziggysmom Apr 2022 #43