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14 days agoLook at this Scotch egg! Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.



Look at this Scotch egg! Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.



Some clown in the 80s decided that learning to read by memorizing what words look like and guessing from context clues was superior to phonics - learning to associate sounds and letters, aka “sounding it out.” It infested some parts of Canada, but I get the impression it was much more widespread and systemic in the states for longer.
Bagger 288 mentioned! Its been so long! 🥲
That building’s caked up.
Anal gland squeezings from my cat. I didn’t want to spend another $300 at the vet and did it myself. The horrors.