Re: Holden/ Spelling,etc.

jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:07:51 -0400 (EDT) 

Actually, I've read several studies that indicate the ability to spell is
similar to the ability to do math.  You either have it, or you don't.  My
friends like to give me these studies whenever they see them.  I'm a
notoriously bad speller.  Not surprisingly, I'm pretty good at spelling in
German.  No hidden letters.

-j

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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, ellen tyler wrote:

> i have a twin sister who went to spelling bees all throughout elementary 
> school, and who checks my papers.  if we do assignments in class w/out 
> editing, spelling doesn't count.  Apparently really bad spellers, like 
> myself, can't ever learn to spell even if they try really hard.  they can 
> get better, maybe, but not much.   i can't tell you if this is true or not, 
> but all throughout grade school i had to study spelling every night, i had a 
> different spelling test than the rest of the class, and i even had to go to 
> a reading class in forth grade in hopes of improving my spelling (i could 
> already read past the 6th grade level-the furthest they tested for 4th 
> graders...), but it didn't help at all.  i am also terrible at foreign 
> languages with the exception of Latin (im actually really Good at Latin so 
> far) this is common among bad spellers.  it has to do with the order i think 
> in.  it's pretty funny in Latin class, i never mis-spell an Latin words, but 
> if i have to give the English definition, im always docked points:>(
> >Again, no affront to you Ellen, but how does your English teacher feel
> >about this? Does it not bother him or does he deduct marks for things like
> >spelling and grammar? I'm only curious because we had a conversation on
> >this at bananafish awhile back and I was interested to see if the new
> >teaching methods we discussed here have been put into practise at your
> >school.
> >
> >Camille
> >verona_beach@hotpop.com
> 
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