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Did you learn phonics in school? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by real_username56@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Apparently, some schools in the U.S. didn't teach phonics until recently (2014).

Did anyone here learn phonics in school?

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I said back in the day. I was born in 1982, back when people Xeroxed their memes and knew how to spell out things like Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Fucking Ass Off.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Xerox?! In my day we only had those faded-ass mimeographs, stinky sheets of blurry purple letters :P

...and we learned phonics in Canada in the late 70s.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Back when you had to upload your memes via scantron

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

stinky sheets of blurry purple letters

Hey now, the fresh ones smelled pretty good!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Ah, we actually had those purple mimeographs in gradeschool! Yep, the quality was shit, but it worked.

I just figured more people would remember Xerox. 🤷‍♂️