As viewed from alt.california, Yez wrote:

>James M. Smith:
>>I started public school when I was six years old. That was in
>>1941. By the middle of that first year all in the class were
>>reading about Dick and Jane and Spot and a ball.

>I could read before I started public school in Lawndale/Hawthorne
>(So. Calif) I started kindergarten at four years old, that was in
>the early 50's. My mom taught me to read and count money before my
>first day. I blame most of our social problems on parents that flat
>don't parent their kids for dink. I'm not saying all parents should
>teach their kids to read but I am saying that parenting appears to
>be a dead art.

You're absolutely right.

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Jafo


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