[Flycatcher]

Here's how to determine literacy:

Ask a kid to spell "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

I told my 7-year-old grandson that I could do it when I was in the second grade. (True story)

It motivated him. He entered the third grade this year proudly being able to spell the word. Not uncoincidentally, he loves Mary Poppins too.

[yazoo]

“Not uncoincidentally, he loves Mary Poppins too.”

Do you mean “Coincidentally, he love Mary Poppins, too?”

Sorry, couldn’t help myself.

[P.O.E.]

I was joking with a group of kids the other day (8th graders) - none of them had even heard of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious or Mary Poppins.

They do seem well versed in “Family Guy”, though.

[CindyDawg]

We had to learn to spell that word for a semester grade. I thought it was silly then and silly now. Another word we were tested on was M-I- crooked letter- crooked letter- I- hump back- hump back-I. That one was practical to me and made more sense:’)