the thing is is that whole-word reading really does work better for some kids. my son learned to read at 3 and never did phonics at all, he just went straight to reading the whole word no matter how much i tried to get him to sound out the letters. hes unusually precocious though, and basing education policy off small right-tail outliers is extremely retarded. smart kids dont need help reading, they pick it up no matter what you do.
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