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Talk:Mystery:Why is Phonics Taught in the UK but not the US? (view source)
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: Most [[public school]]s in the [[U.S.]] do not teach [[phonics]], and I'm skeptical whether you learned from real [[phonics]]. Often a "look and say" approach will be labeled phonics by schools to stop parental complaints.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 09:31, 11 May 2008 (EDT)
: Most [[public school]]s in the [[U.S.]] do not teach [[phonics]], and I'm skeptical whether you learned from real [[phonics]]. Often a "look and say" approach will be labeled phonics by schools to stop parental complaints.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 09:31, 11 May 2008 (EDT)
:: Look and say, teaching the "shape" of words, is the only other commonly-applied theory in the United States, so I am quite aware of the difference, and I was taught phonics. As I said, I have a friend in South Carolina who attended a school that taught the word shape method. Your understanding of this issue is quite contrary to reality: her teachers conspired to teach phonics against administration demands (which stemmed from parent demands), and a teacher was fired when they were found out. I haven't asked extensively about who was taught what, but it was always my understanding that South Carolina's aversion to phonics was closely related to their 49th in the nation status in education.
== Constance Weaver ==
== Constance Weaver ==