Apparently, some schools in the U.S. didn’t teach phonics until recently (2014).

Did anyone here learn phonics in school?

  • @over_clox@lemmy.world
    1•2 months ago

    I said back in the day. I was born in 1982, back when people Xeroxed their memes and knew how to spell out things like Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Fucking Ass Off.

    • Arghblarg
      6•2 months ago

      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.

      • @over_clox@lemmy.world
        4•2 months ago

        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. 🤷‍♂️

      • davel [he/him]English
        4•2 months ago

        stinky sheets of blurry purple letters

        Hey now, the fresh ones smelled pretty good!