And it's only going to get worse.
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eggplant said:
Apologies in advance if my irony monitor is down, but of course Alphabet Spaghetti isn't banned. If you believe that it is, then that is just one more example of what was being talked about in a different thread, where people are too ready to believe the patently ridiculous.
And, as you've proved, many people will happily tell you that Gollies are banned these days, but they aren't either. They may be less popular than in the past, but the idea of banning is another 'PC gone mad' urban myth.
Back to spelling, in the old days you will have been reciting something like 'Ay is for Apple' and it is the 'Apple' bit that tells you the sound and helps you learn to read. The 'Ay' sound is superfluous to learning to read and is saved for about a year later but don't worry, they learn it all in the end. Literacy teaching for Infants is actually going through a good patch at the moment.
johnny_t said:
No, but on the back of the can there is a list of words that you are not allowed to use the spaghetti to spell.
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yes, and there is a number to report to a Heinz moderator if people try to get around the censorship.
When I were a lass way back in the ..... well a long time ago anyway, the new teaching aid at the time was ITA or Infant Teaching Alphabet. Phrases such as "I like my cat" would become "I liek mi kat" with the ie joined together as a new double letter.
Then when we had got to grips with all that nonsense, we had to learn the real alphabet and proper spelling. Fortunately I don't think it did me any harm, but many struggled and became very confused with the right and wrong way to spell words.
The Government has already realised it made a mistake a few years ago with insisting that spelling didn't matter. Now we have a whole generation of kids who can't spell basic words to save their lives.
Then when we had got to grips with all that nonsense, we had to learn the real alphabet and proper spelling. Fortunately I don't think it did me any harm, but many struggled and became very confused with the right and wrong way to spell words.
The Government has already realised it made a mistake a few years ago with insisting that spelling didn't matter. Now we have a whole generation of kids who can't spell basic words to save their lives.
oh, cute 
question (from the other side of the pond)....when it comes to pronunciation...is it the 'proper' way or the 'normal' way.....take the word .....
"why" for example....i was looking for a song based on the way that it sounded (spoken)...oh by a geordie -like personage....looked to way, wey, couldnt find it anywhere.....finally looked for it another way....but in this particular situation...it is pronounced way.....but normally it would be pronounced why....with a long 'I' (joke in there somewhere)....dunno maybe this is slang....most of the way yall talk sounds like slang to me (i like listening tho) ......anyway....??
question (from the other side of the pond)....when it comes to pronunciation...is it the 'proper' way or the 'normal' way.....take the word .....
"why" for example....i was looking for a song based on the way that it sounded (spoken)...oh by a geordie -like personage....looked to way, wey, couldnt find it anywhere.....finally looked for it another way....but in this particular situation...it is pronounced way.....but normally it would be pronounced why....with a long 'I' (joke in there somewhere)....dunno maybe this is slang....most of the way yall talk sounds like slang to me (i like listening tho)
......anyway....??And why did the recital of the alphabet copy the tune of Twinkle Twinkle little star?
gasmarkone said:
in some shops near me they still have alphabet spaghetti
My children started school in the mid-eighties and I could not believe that the alphabet was no longer taught in the way it was when I was their age so I went to the school to find out why. I have never been so humiliated in my life! Even the teacher didn't Know how some letters sounded!
hairyjon said:My children started school in the mid-eighties and I could not believe that the alphabet was no longer taught in the way it was when I was their age so I went to the school to find out why. I have never been so humiliated in my life! Even the teacher didn't Know how some letters sounded!
How were you humiliated?
Hi Noth665 Sorry for delay in replying.notb665 said:hairyjon said:My children started school in the mid-eighties and I could not believe that the alphabet was no longer taught in the way it was when I was their age so I went to the school to find out why. I have never been so humiliated in my life! Even the teacher didn't Know how some letters sounded!
How were you humiliated?
I was humiliated because of the way she answered my questions. This suggested that she knew all there was to know about education and that I didn't have a clue! This may be! But she couldn't spell or use grammar correctly!
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