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When I started homeschooling in the third grade, I couldn't spell at all, despite the fact that I always got perfect scores on spelling tests. I was just memorizing the lists of words, then forgetting them later. I went through a phonetics program called "The Writing Road to Reading" and was able to spell afterwards.

lol same with me really!

The only B I got from K-12 was in first grade spelling. Honestly, I think it was because the teacher couldn't read my handwriting. I'm willing to bet my spelling was correct (I was that kind of kid)

awww bless

I'm glad it worked for you, Eugene. Just so you know, it isn't always about teaching methods. When I was diagnosed "dyslexic" my mom got me into all sorts of phonics programs. They helped some, but they didn't change the way my brain works.

I also sometimes flip around sounds, words and even entire phrases. I know what I mean to say, damn it! I don't like the "dyslexic" label. I read a lot and scored well on standardized test in both verbal and math.

I am really more dysgraphic. When I first started trying to use html code (not that long ago), it took me weeks to realize I flip / and \ around in my head fairly regularly (I can't type either and I have to look at the keyboard) so now I have to make note of the "?" on the key whenever I can't close a tag. Such is life.

Anyway, I'm glad phonics worked for you guys. Spellcheck, copy and paste work for me, most of the time. It's all good.

I may be misunderstanding, psimagus, but why not use the ai plug-in (dayofweek)?

because that would provide a random answer from the entries in the plugin. But <?PF chrono: week(M); ?> will provide a correct answer.

Thanks psimagus
I had assumed that the plugin inserted the correct day.

It does..At least it always has for me????
(dayofweek) This inserts the present day of the week, such as "Monday" or "Friday".

(year) This inserts the present year.

(month) This inserts the present Month, as in "June" or "August".



prob123
what is the date?

Bildgesmythe
It's Sunday the 9th of April in the year 2006:

I'll check but as long as the ai engine is running I have never seen it make a mistake.

Well, you learn something new every day! Definitely time to reread the Book of AI

Another math major that I graduated with had pretty bad dyslexia. It showed up the most when were were doing Analysis proofs with long strings of < signs. She would get < and > mixed up all the time. If she thought really hard about it every time, using the "alligator eats the big number" pneumonic, she could get it right, but if she wrote it down without thinking she'd often get it backwards.

It does..At least it always has for me????
(dayofweek) This inserts the present day of the week, such as "Monday" or "Friday".

Using the chrono statements allows you to have specific replies to each day as opposed to the single "Today is Monday" statement.

It also allows you to do other things, ie. "what day is it tomorrow?"

It's Tuesday. <?PF chrono: week(M); ?>

"What day was it yesterday?"

It was Sunday. <?PF chrono: week(M); ?>

Hope that helps