Found on Jerry Pournelle's site
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My five-year old students, are learning to read.

Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said,

"Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!"

I took a deep breath, then asked..."What did you call it?"

"It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!"

And so it does...


" A f r i c a n Elephant "

Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful

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( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 17 Jul 2008, 19:34, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I can't stand hooked on phonics
Phonics has got to be the worst thing to ever happen to the language....any language.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:13, Reply)

Ha
The terminally alcoholic landlord in one of the local pubs I go to told me this story a few days ago. He claimed that the teacher who it happened to was his friends sister.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 23:36, Reply)