[BITList] Fwd: Many young pupils 'can't communicate' - BBC News

[HUGH]

Mike,

When I started in Primary J1/3 at Chapelton Primary School, Port Glasgow, on 
23-8-1938, Miss Chalmers, Teacher, I got Reading, Spelling, Writing, 
Arithmetic and General Proficiency. We were convinced the last mentioned was 
a subject, though unsure about its details.  I could communicate up to a 
point. The class reader, first lesson, had "A cat sat on a mat, it is a fat 
cat, etc."  No matter the persuasion, I wouldn't say "fat", nor would I read 
beyond it. Despite this, I got G+ for Reading.

Hugh.