Your response made me laugh out loud. Come to think of it, I have never seen dad write... Hmmmmmmm.
Maybe we should simply ask our students that. Is spelling important? Maybe our boys don't think it is important. Their minds are busy on other things. Have you ever heard them have a conversation together. Makes my mind spin sometimes. On 6/14/09 2:39 PM, "Renee" <[email protected]> wrote: > I dunno. I can spell. You can spell. Their fathers can spell. Wait.... > one of their fathers can spell. hahahahahaha. Our mother can mostly > spell. I don't think I've ever seen our father write anything (hmmmm. I > wonder if he can spell?) > > Maybe they can't spell because they don't think it's important? :-) > > Renee > > On Jun 14, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Jan Sanders wrote: > >> Hey Renee- >> Do you think it is in the genes? (Renee's son and mine are cousins) >> Jan >> >> >> On 6/14/09 11:55 AM, "Renee" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> And I also have an adult son, 32, a professional musician with a very >>> high IQ, whose spelling and handwriting are just about the most >>> atrocious I have ever seen. Spelling is sooooo unimportant in the >>> grand >>> scheme of things. >>> >>> Renee >>> >>> On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Jan Sanders wrote: >>> >>>> Wow Lori, I want to respond, but don't know what to say. It truly is >>>> our >>>> personal experiences that lead us to understanding -in reading and >>>> life. >>>> >>>> My oldest son (29) who has a very high IQ, can not spell correctly to >>>> save >>>> his life, and it is difficult to read his writing. >>> >>> >>> "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that >>> matter." >>> ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >>> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>> >> >> Jan >> Each day comes bearing it¹s own gifts, untie the ribbons. >> -Ruth Ann Schabacker >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> > " What was once educationally significant, but difficult to measure, > has been replaced by what is insignificant and easy to measure. So now > we test how well we have taught what we do not value." > Art Costa, emeritus professor, California State University > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
