Spelling Bee drop out
OK. I just need to put this out there. I'm spelling deficient. I spell so poorly that sometimes spellcheck goes WTH? I am watching The National Spelling Bee. Some of these words I have never heard of in my life. Some I couldn't guess the first letter. I am fine with this. That is what spellcheck is for, right? I know I am intelligent. (hee hee I just spell intelligent wrong) Thank God for word processors. That's all I'm saying. I can point to my elementary school as the beginning of this problem. I was a avid reader jumping ahead of the other students right from the start. I moved up to the highest reading levels. These higher levels assumed a knowledge of phonics that I just skipped right by. Then in 4th grade I was taught speed reading. Speed reading is great. I can read a book in a day and still have time to cook dinner and (marginally) take care of my kids. But it wrecks havoc with spelling. I basically read the beginning and end of a word, get the guise and move on. I see words as pictures. A complete unit. Not made up of letters with distinct sounds. Anyway, that's my excuse. I had a teacher who said I insult my readers with my spelling. That may be true. I hope not.