[HPforGrownups] (OT) From the teacher's desk...

[yael oren]

No: HPFGUIDX 10455

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Penny Linsenmayer 
  > > I, too, have had the same problem.  I've been using British
  > > spellings, punctuation, and grammar since I learned to read
  >and write.  However, *I* won the arguments with teachers.  (I was
  >*so* Hermione).

  Lucky you.  I still remember bitterly contesting the loss of a 4th grade 
  spelling bee because I spelled it "honour" instead of "honor."  I insisted 
  that both spellings were correct, but I lost the argument.  Obviously, I was 
  bitter about it since I can still remember it to this day.  <g>  I guess 
  it's because I wasn't outwardly Hermione enough.

  Penny

I read this thread with growing annoyance <g> Stop moaning! I'm dyslectic, and English is not my first language, and in the only English spelling test i still remember (suppressed the rest), i got *one* word correct out of 20. That word, btw, was 'black'. :)

yael


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