What angers me about the School District is they are pushing these agendas which take time away from real, important subjects like reading/writing. We have to spend lots of extra time with our boy pushing spelling. We have gotten absolutely 0 support from ASD because he spells "phonetically" and that's good enough for a Junior High student?!?!?!
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Next year, he will be 14 and already has a summer job waiting for him. I can't wait because it will reinforce the need for proper spelling and decent penmanship when he is filling out the job application and presenting a resume' (Yes, he will start his resume' @ 14yo) He is very ambitious, he worked out deals with neighbors so he could buy his own lawn mower and weed whacker and ran around all summer earning money. I don't want something silly like poor spelling holding this kid back any.