----- Original Message ----- From: ydaleph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: bloopers, spelling, dovrat and grammar All joking aside about the bloopers on exams, the horrible spelling and whether Dovrat or Limat can read English, we need to look at the problem. Our schools prefer to "right it off" rather than address it. We are quick to tell a perfectly intelligent student she has to get a pyschologist note that she has a spelling problem. This is nonesense. Limor and Shlomo and Romi and Gal cannot read or write because they were never taught properly. Maybe we should go back to teaching phonics in elementary school. A student who reaches junior high school should be able to read and write basic words. Daniel ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####