I confess I do not understand it. Not one bit.

The CBP flunky who cause a car accident and punched a bystander in the head before kidnapping him turns out to be a neo-Nazi, racist misogynist on Twitter. Quelle surprise!

Not all eyebrows work for all faces and facial features. I don't allow non-South Asians to even touch my brows.

Vance has a problem with lying? The Haitian community of Springfield OH thinks otherwise. Maybe Vance shouldn't throw stones, to paraphrase a Gospel reading that I've heard in every church I've ever attended!

The metaphor breaks down, obviously, because you can play music without reading music. You can't read and write without....reading and writing. I didn't mean to get into a discussion about learning music vs learning to read music.

Yeah, the research on phonemic awareness activities in isolation from letters has been around for DECADES. And still, the Heggerty program was very popular. (Our kids did it at New Field.) One problem is that phonemic awareness isn't something that can be taught the same way phonics can. 1/x

It's kind of like having a sense of pitch and rhythm. Studying music usually boosts awareness of pitch, but sometimes not. Then, you might need something to train or sharpen the skill.....but you don't "teach" pitch sensitivity, you train it where necessary. 2/2.

Yeah, the research on phonemic awareness activities in isolation from letters has been around for DECADES. And still, the Heggerty program was very popular. (Our kids did it at New Field.) One problem is that phonemic awareness isn't something that can be taught the same way phonics can. 1/x

I'm sure you've heard all the stories from your friends and family here, but it's an occupation, no exaggeration.

Thank you so much for going!