ON SATURDAY 16TH There is also a serious point here about the failure of today's schools to teach kids to read.
Comics as teaching aid
Kevin Schofield (12 April) was right on track regarding the value of comics as an aid to fluent reading. As a schoolboy during the war I was able to order from the local newsagent a copy of the Wizard, freed up as the subscriber had been called up. At 2d for the strictly rationed fortnightly issue, it was a sound investment, as careful trading in the playground meant one could read the Adventure, Hotspur and Rover without further investment.
Along with the majority of my peers I was, at 11 or 12, able to read aloud fluently thanks largely to the standard Scottish use of the phonetic tuition system (now being hailed as a recent breakthrough) and to the invaluable contribution of DC Thomson.
BILLY STEEL
St Inan’s Drive
Beith, Ayrshire
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