I was one of those kids who didn’t learn to read by the end of 3rd grade; phonix just didn’t work for me. In later years, when The Three Rs became political mantras for “fixing” the education systems and phonix was touted as the cure-all, many experts claimed that any child who didn’t learn to read by the end of 3rd grade would never learn to read. Comprehension is all about pattern recognition, as shown by this missive now making the rounds with lightning speed:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is tahtthe frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, butthe wrod as a wlohe.

So fcuk the experts.