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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:08 PM
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Semi-Serious Question - At what age do you think w* learned to read?
I'm gonna guess it may not have been until 20 or so.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:11 PM
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1. Well The Very Hungry Caterpillar is his favorite book
and that didn't come out until he was in college...coincidence?...I think not
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:12 PM
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2. He can read? eom
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Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:14 PM
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3. The real question is
when did he learn to think...if he ever did. He can read that goat book pretty well! :-)
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:16 PM
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4. by what do you mean read?
He's still only semi-literate, though if that's alliterate or illiterate, I'll reserve judgment.

I think he reads comfortably at a third or fourth grade level, and that slowly and painfully.

Dyslexia is a bitch, and after listening to him and his dad, I'm pretty certain he's got a nasty case of it.

Pcat
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madaboutharry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:28 PM
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5. His comprehension level is very low
He does not understand or process what he is reading. That is why he doesn't react to his mistakes. He only puts the letters and sounds together. It is the way I can read French. It sounds ok, but I haven't a real clue about what I am reading if it is beyond a rather low comprehension level.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:39 PM
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9. I think you've hit it. This is why he needs to carry the regular texan
personna. He can't pull off anything of greater complexity.
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Carni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:29 PM
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6. I wish I was a mod...
Because if W learned how to read this belongs in latest breaking news...not the lounge!

Shame on you!
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:40 PM
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10. bwahahahahahahahah
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
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the Kelly Gang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:32 PM
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7. 9/11/01..struggling with a story about a pet goat..took a long time
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:42 PM
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11. Weren't the kids reading to him?
The chimp can phonetically sound out words but he is clueless as to meaning. Very poor comprehension level. Also is unable to express himself verbally in any kind of coherent way.

The rest of the world and half of the US knows he isn't qualified to fill Barney Fife's shoes - much less Bill Clinton's. The other half are as dumb as he is.
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lastknowngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:33 PM
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8. In 10 or 12 years from now
n/t
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