Are you a Poor Reader?

Yes.

If you're my age or older you probably are. It wasn't until the mid-90's that phonics became a standard method to teach reading to youngsters.

If you are like me: you got the "Whole Language Method" where they throw a book and a dictionary at you and tell you to grow some pubes.
(which is why I am HARDCORE)

Anyways - apparently those who learned how to read using the Whole Language Method are often considered "poor readers" who have issues "correctly pronouncing new words" because we have "less experience with the rules of phonology"

Well that's crap - just because our mommies didn't breastfeed us consonant clusters until we were 6 years old, doesn't mean we can't hold our own!

Okay so here is a basic test my Professor showed me: Below are non-existent but phonologically possible words - read them outloud to yourself

- grould
- blave
- bloes
- tays




So if you are a "skilled reader" you should have read those as "mold, save, toes, days". And a common sign of a poor reader is reading them as "would, have, does, says"


So - me? I read "grould" as in "gruel-d", and "bloes" as in "shoes". Either I am a poor reader or a MAD GENIUS. Most likely the former.


Whole-language learners out there- I think we have been powned. If you wanna prove the MAN wrong take this free reading aptitude test: http://www.test4free.com/
it takes a while to finish but I think you'll be just as disappointed with the results as I was:

Comprehension Results:









Phonics Results








Ow, my pride.