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I'm trying to teach Walter how to read and spell words...GOOD GRIEF!
I am so frustrated with all the ridiculous words that don't follow our own rules...
You know the ones...
- Silent E changes the short vowel to a long vowel sound
- When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking (like hear, aim, moan)
etc. etc.
Okay, so why do we have to make it so hard on our kids by making them learn words that don't make sense in the world of phonics. I understand, sometimes it helps to learn it's origin.
Okay, really? Does origin take priority over learning basic skills and moving on to bigger things?
Why can't we just change it? We change the s and apostrophe rule back and forth, why not just do a full sweep and change words like
said- can't we make it "sed?"
Or how about
was- how about "wuz?"
that's the way they sound!
why do we have a "ph" or "gh" that sounds like an "F" sound? Just use the stinking F!
laugh- into laf
why do we have a "ck" sound that sounds like a "k" and "c" that sometimes sounds like an "S?"
Just use an S
It just doesn't make sense to me that we keep it that way b/c it's always been that way. Does it serve any purpose other than confusing the heck out of kids trying to master so many concepts? They have to stumble over so many rules, and then stumble over words that don't follow rules.
Our language stinks!
We ask why American kids have lower test scores and not as smart in this and that...we have the power to change all that.
We do.
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