Noone can read my son's handwriting either, but he is a pediatrician, where it's smiled at. Lucky for him, I guess. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
-----Original Message----- From: Renee <phoenix...@sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:55:06 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] ***SPAM*** Re: Do we really need to teach explicit strategies? 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 Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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.