Talk:Spalding Method

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I am disputing the neutrality of this article due to some biased text (emphasis mine):

• Students embrace quality literature and reading comprehension is facilitated by
• students are taught the proper way (several instances of proper when relating to handwriting
• The Spalding Method is ideal for teaching students

Newyorkcityjay (talk) 16:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I've seen the Spalding Method in action and that seems true to me, could you please tell me if you've seen it or not?
Tails5 (talk) 08:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I was taught with the Spalding method. I hated it. Literally more boring than watching grass grow (I do botany at uni so I really do mean that). The people who got the highest marks in English came to my school at the beginning of high school (Spalding was only used in primary school). It also had bad effects on my friend's accents. In retrospect I think could have been useful as a special education regime for people with learning disabilities or students with English as their second language, but was ineffective among normal, healthy students. I agree with Newyorkcityjay that this article is biased. (Of course, if I were to fix the article myself I would probably bias it the other way and the problem wouldn't be solved) Hypershock (talk) 13:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I would like to see some more opinions on the matter as I was taught with the Spalding Method, and I had no learning disabilities, and I found it very good. Perhaps it just depends on the person. (Also, I think I've heard it's most effective with boys because boys want to know how the language works) Tails5 (talk) 14:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)