My girls learned to supplement the spell checker by having Wes or I proof read their papers. Catherine still does. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 11 plus exam I used to buy a little book called the "Schonell Essential Spelling List" for our girls and make them do spelling at home, as I do think it is quite important (although a spell checker won't help you much if you can't spell!) Marj > My daughters spelling is atrocious. The junior school said that if they > corrected mistakes it would undermine confidence. B.......! > Now at a good secondary school I am informed that because the exam boards > only award 3 marks for spelling as long as the meaning is clear any spelling > mistakes are ignored in exams & therefore spelling is not given a high > priority in class. I note that most errors are still corrected in my > daughter's books though. Standards have most definitely slipped over the > years. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/02