Gwenna Laithland
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1,463 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3d ago
Gwenna Laithland’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It was about the concept.
So when I would get spelling lists, I would have rough, through, thorough, bow.
Because they didn't care if I could spell rough through thorough or bow.
They cared that I could identify the absolute insanity that O U G H is in the English language.
Correct.
But that's what they would use.
It was all reinforcing the concepts of the phonics rather than worrying if I could actually spell the word rough on command.
It it
I understand that.
But
I I'm super proud of my school for realizing, hey, we should probably not do homework.
We should encourage reading for the sake of reading.
And maybe phonics was a good idea.
But also
Phonics has been a good idea the whole time.
Our state didn't.
I need you to understand.
The state is finally remembering that phonics exists, and the schools are beginning to incorporate that.
Tori.
I would like to tell you about the shame of Oklahoma education in the eighties and nineties.
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