I can remember learning Phonics. At the time, I didn't like it . . . like most kids at that time. However as a teacher I came to understand the value of Phonics . . . those who had been taught Phonics were very good at decoding words. Their word attack skills were great. The non-Phonics students, which now seems close to 100% had horrible word attack skills.
When asked to look up a word they couldn't spell, the "phonics" had a clue but the non-phonics were literally without a clue.
Now, you ask me why,, after retiring in 2006 this Silent E phenomenon has played a very important part of my life. Yesterday hit dawned on me that the only two men in my life I have/had ever loved both had the Silent E on their names.
WOW! That totally blew my mind. Maybe that was the meaning of the dream I wrote about earlier. Hum . . . . might just be.
Signed,
I Before E, Except After C
