SK> I think what has most people (parents, and teachers who disagree with
 SK> the "invented" spelling practice in the classroom) 
 SK> disagreeing with this
 SK> practice, is that they DON'T see is disappearing completely. Children
Exactly!! Students that are learning English as a second language go through 
this stage, but they are expected to spell correctly much faster than we 
expect our native speakers learn to spell. Why?
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