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Originally Posted by Catlady
It's absurd to think watching a movie and listening to a book are equivalent, which I'm sure you know.
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Why is it absurd? Please explain. Both are sending words to your brain, after all, just in different ways.
Also, regardless of the absurdity, I'm not the one who made the original equivalence, as I'm sure all of us who have practiced reading comprehension already know.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
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You are being anything BUT respectful, and I'm sure you know it. Pseudo politeness isn't respectful.
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Well...I personally think I've taken the high road considering how "absurd" my statements apparently are. Pseudo politeness actually is pretty respectful when you consider the alternatives.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
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Why are you deliberately skipping over the previous posts that took care to point out that once someone has learned the basics of literacy, audio or visual format doesn't matter?
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Because I disagree. The basics of literacy eh? See Dick run? That's all you need, eh? Do you have research that backs up your assertion?
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Originally Posted by Catlady
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If someone says flatly that spelling and grammar are eroded by disuse, yes, I want something to back it up.
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Any skill decreases from lack of practice. Even riding a bike.
https://www.brookings.edu/research/s...e-do-about-it/
"An early comprehensive review of the literature summarized several findings regarding summer loss.2 The authors concluded that: (1) on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning, (2) declines were sharper for math than for reading, and (3) the extent of loss was larger at higher grade levels. "
"The recent literature on summer loss has been mixed. One study using data from over half a million students in grades 2-9 from a southern state (from 2008-2012) found that students, on average, lost between 25 – 30 percent of their school-year learning over the summer"