real_username56@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 hour agoDid you learn phonics in school?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareDid you learn phonics in school?real_username56@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 hour agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
Apparently, some schools in the U.S. didn’t teach phonics until recently (2014). Did anyone here learn phonics in school?
minus-squareArghblarg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-216 hours agoXerox?! In my day we only had those faded-ass mimeographs, stinky sheets of blurry purple letters :P …and we learned phonics in Canada in the late 70s.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours ago stinky sheets of blurry purple letters Hey now, the fresh ones smelled pretty good!
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours agoAh, we actually had those purple mimeographs in gradeschool! Yep, the quality was shit, but it worked. I just figured more people would remember Xerox. 🤷♂️
Xerox?! In my day we only had those faded-ass mimeographs, stinky sheets of blurry purple letters :P
…and we learned phonics in Canada in the late 70s.
Hey now, the fresh ones smelled pretty good!
Ah, we actually had those purple mimeographs in gradeschool! Yep, the quality was shit, but it worked.
I just figured more people would remember Xerox. 🤷♂️