National Spelling Bee protests: Should we simplify English spelling?

If you haven't read this yet, you totally should. It's a great piece, and as good for the writing craft as it is for the content.

National Spelling Bee protests: Should we simplify English spelling? - CSMonitor.com

As an interesting side note, Mrs. TANBI and I have very different reactions to the end of the piece. I think it has something to do with the nature of primary school education at the time when we learned to read. I can read through the text at the end no problem. I think it's because I was toward the end of the school kids that got phonics. Be interesting to know if there's something to that.