tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post2377087655422927362..comments2023-11-23T09:08:10.806-08:00Comments on A Left-Handed Quilter: BOB's Tuesday Toast - 5/21/13A Left-Handed Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-52127148625911020942013-05-23T11:23:06.934-07:002013-05-23T11:23:06.934-07:00Thanks, Katie - it's nice to know that I'm...Thanks, Katie - it's nice to know that I'm not alone - ;))A Left-Handed Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-84704035381972242322013-05-23T07:35:47.326-07:002013-05-23T07:35:47.326-07:00I do appreciate technology but I agree that it see...I do appreciate technology but I agree that it seems people tend to rely on spell check and calculators too much. I hear about they can use the dictionary - great if they have a least a beginning knowledge of a word - but most don't! Okay, this could get long, so suffice it to say, "I agree"Katie M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09538545754383438552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-49632997335662302392013-05-21T14:45:04.538-07:002013-05-21T14:45:04.538-07:00I think that reading - writing - and arithmetic - ...I think that reading - writing - and arithmetic - are fast becoming lost arts. Basic literacy is becoming rare. Too bad they can't go back to the basics that we learned as children. Some people have never heard of Roman numerals or know that the Titanic actually existed! They have access to TONS of information - and don't seem to know any of it. And there is such reliance on A Left-Handed Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145550105234839991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925958115318632100.post-19646204249777651092013-05-21T14:02:27.303-07:002013-05-21T14:02:27.303-07:00I think some of it is the fault of spell check. ...I think some of it is the fault of spell check. They don't attempt to over-ride it or some things like "prey" and "pray" are wrong. <br /><br />The other part is some of those failed teaching plans, I think. Kids were being taught to spell how things sounded, like the suffix "tion" was allowed to be spelled "shun" Later they would supposedly learn Linda Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585942908710656032noreply@blogger.com