Spelling and grammer

[caseye]

Dyslexia, unless clinically diagnosed, is a word often misused by people with varying learning disorders.

There are many amongst us who have worked hard to overcome cognitive and other disabilities. Some of those don't hide behind "dyslexia" as a convenient excuse for other shortcomings.

ADHD would have to be this countries biggest foil to kids being treated as normal, exuberant, energy filled little balls of fire.
I agree that many people, young and old are given information that is at best misleading and at worst damnd well criminally negligent.
Dyslexia is easily enough tested and while some may simply see some letters backwards, others see every word that way.
I was diagnosed at 4 yrs of age, unable to read or write, my Kindergarten teacher and her flat mate a Physical training teacher at the local high school, took an interest in me.
They made sure I got plenty of big! books to read and lots of reading and writing exercises.It helped that they and my parents were great friends and that we saw them very regularly, but for those two and the time they spent with me, I'd possibly have turned out a lot worse.
Dianne Strawbridge and Yvonne Poole take a bow, I still love you both dearly.

[robboh]

Only if dyslexia affects your powers of comprehension.

The "better half" put herself through four years of nursing and midwifery training as a dyslexic. I never hear her mention it, to the point where I commonly forget she has any such issues. And to top that off, she now holds a charge role. But she does struggle with movie sub titles :-)

On the other hand, one of the brighter junior engineers at work (IT) also has dslexia, but DOES hide behind it on occasion.

[jeffs]

i've heard it all now, What crap

So see if I get this right.

You can only use KB if you use correct spelling ( American spell checked ) and grammar ?

People, get over yourselves, this is a web chat room, not f****g Charles Dickens.

What sort of people do you think use this site ? Only people with English literature and linguistics Degrees ?

I'll show you how great the spell checker is on this site.

Aluminum
Color
Airplane


And my favorite "ASS" !!!!!!!!!!

Not a red line under anything, so it must be right, the spell checker says it is

BTW I do have a degree and I spell like shit

[wbks]

i've heard it all now, What crap

So see if I get this right.

You can only use KB if you use correct spelling ( American spell checked ) and grammar ?

People, get over yourselves, this is a web chat room, not f****g Charles Dickens.

What sort of people do you think use this site ? Only people with English literature and linguistics Degrees ?

I'll show you how great the spell checker is on this site.

Aluminum
Color
Airplane


And my favorite "ASS" !!!!!!!!!!

Not a red line under anything, so it must be right, the spell checker says it is

Wrong.
tenchars

[Ixion]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ixion
Things have indeed changed since my day.

Writing a critical essay on a novel we called English Literature. But movies are now part of the English curriculum? Tempora mutantur, I guess.

Some people promote changing with the times to suit the coming years, and some complain that it's stupid...

Yes. Tempora mutantur.

Nos et mutamur. We didn't have oral texts, y'see. But we did have Latin. Dunno if youff have won or lost on that exchange.

[jeffs]

Wrong.
tenchars

Probably, usually am Well on KB at least

[wbks]

Yes. Tempora mutantur.

Nos et mutamur. We didn't have oral texts, y'see. But we did have Latin. Dunno if youff have won or lost on that exchange.

From my limited understanding, English (if you trace back enough) is derived from Latin, which is why they say privately educated students have a better understanding of English... I probably lost on that one. I'd rather learn Latin then learn the symbolism behind Whale Rider...

[Winston001]

There is a substantial Latin base to the English language but the origins are truely mixed. There is an excellent Wikipedia artcle here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language

[Hawkeye]

Gan canny or we'll dunsh summit!

Av corikted that for yer Geordie.

[Dave Lobster]

BTW I do have a degree and I spell like shit

I think this sums up this thread perfectly. People consider themselves to be bright, simply because they have a degree. While people with degrees may well be bright, it is not necessarily so.

[scumdog]

I think this sums up this thread perfectly. People consider themselves to be bright, simply because they have a degree. While people with degrees may well be bright, it is not necessarily so.

Does a degree of scepticism and cynicism make me bright and count for much??

[James Deuce]

I think this sums up this thread perfectly. People consider themselves to be bright, simply because they have a degree. While people with degrees may well be bright, it is not necessarily so.

Nope. Quite the opposite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...3Kruger_effect

The less ignorant someone is, generally the less capable one feels. The biggest crime of the last 50 years was the "Me" generation telling their kids they could do and be anything and that being "happy" is the chief goal of life.

I don't have a degree and I don't care whether or not someone else has one either. People who make it an issue need to ask themselves about their own insecurities, but having a degree or at least some form of formalised "study" will open doors. Why it shuts doors in NZ is a mystery to me, but certainly accounts for why NZ struggles to retain decent graduates and business people.

[Slyer]

I'll show you how great the spell checker is on this site.

Aluminum
Color
Airplane


And my favorite "ASS" !!!!!!!!!!

Not a red line under anything, so it must be right, the spell checker says it is

It's not KB's spell checker, it's YOUR browser's spell checker that you neglected to set up correctly. If you are using Firefox, download the British version or get the British English dictionary.

[Dave Lobster]

Nope. Quite the opposite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...3Kruger_effect

The less ignorant someone is, generally the less capable one feels. The biggest crime of the last 50 years was the "Me" generation telling their kids they could do and be anything and that being "happy" is the chief goal of life.

I don't have a degree and I don't care whether or not someone else has one either. People who make it an issue need to ask themselves about their own insecurities, but having a degree or at least some form of formalised "study" will open doors.

My point was that having a degree doesn't make someone bright. More that the more stupid amongst us that do have degrees feel that the degree makes them more clever than they are - to which your (reposted) link alludes.

Why it shuts doors in NZ is a mystery to me, but certainly accounts for why NZ struggles to retain decent graduates and business people.

Too much of the chest beating munter mentality. That, and the wages here are shite.

[Naki Rat]

My point was that having a degree doesn't make someone bright. More that the more stupid amongst us that do have degrees feel that the degree makes them more clever than they are - to which your (reposted) link alludes.
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The university education system also has a habit of instilling a uniformity of thought on students thereby reducing the initiative of mainstream entrants.