G'morning Vern,

 VH> It makes it very difficult to see the unborn child as less human than
 VH> ourselves, that's for sure!

There's a major problem right there - human anthropomorphism 
enables anything human-like `to be seen' as possessing adult human 
characteristics.

And that despite the clear evidence that neonates have to learn to 
become social humans - backed up by all the accounts of feral 
humans who have learned in their first decade to become something 
else.

 MM>So if they've got reading and writing round the wrong way,
 MM>how good are the prevailing hypotheses on how we read ?

 VH> I suggest our great problem is simple:  For thousands of years we
 VH> taught children to read successfully.  But the means we used,
 VH> memorization, drill, discipline, and so on, were "old
fashioned."  Now
 VH> we have new methods and they are wonderful -- except that they don't
 VH> work.

I'd claim that the new methods are as successful as the old - and 
that the 10-20% who don't respond are now being remediated better 
than they used to be.

Overall, your suggestion is spot on, regardless.

Miles.
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