I did not mean to imply that computers will make it unecessary for students 
to learn to read, what I meant was that computers can teach reading much more 
effectively that teachers can and the computers with speech capability will 
make a reading class unecessary. From what I have observed in most classrooms 
the students learn to read in spite of the teacher. With the newest craze 
being to pick one or the other specialized reading programs, many students 
are not learning to read because they cannot learn phonics or they cannot 
learn by the basal method. When one method is chosen, it is done without 
consideration of those who do not learn that way. With the computer that is 
properly programmed it can recognize student difficulities and use different 
methods with different students. In case you are wondering, I do not think 
most teachers are doing a very good job, especially here in Oklahoma City. 
They do not address different learning styles and the computer can be 
programmed to very easily recognize them and adjust its learning pattern to 
accomodate them. 
--- Maximus 2.02
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