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πŸŽ“ Ah, the 1960s, when educational geniuses decided to rewrite the alphabet and unleashed a generation of kids who couldn't spell "cat" without a dictionary. πŸ±πŸ” But hey, who needs literacy when you've got innovation, right? πŸ“šπŸš«
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The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

The Guardian