How to Create Functional Illiteracy in 7 Easy Lessons

By Bruce Deitrick Price

Public schools are expert at creating illiteracy. Our K-12 system can usually guarantee that students don't become fluent readers. The system is nearly foolproof. Parents and teachers can make children illiterate or semi-literate simply by following this well-tested seven-step formula:

1) FORGET ABOUT THE ALPHABET....
2) MEMORIZE SIGHT-WORDS.....
3) GUESS OR SKIP....
4) USE CONTEXT CLUES....
5) USE THE ILLITERATE'S MANY HANDY WORKAROUNDS.......
6) PUT A GOOD SPIN ON FAILURE.....
7) ACCEPT THAT DRUGS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR READING PROGRAM.......
 
Conversely, if you ignore all these rules and do the opposite – i.e., what all phonics experts tell you to do, your children will become real readers and real students. .....To Read More....