Letters to the Editor
Freeport, New York
The Road to Becoming a Piano Tuner
To the Editor:
I first must say, WOW!!! This article brought up similar misguidance counselor remarks when I graduated high school, in 1979. I realized how uninformed my counselors were. I do not play an instrument, but have great interest in woodworking. I am also interested in learning how to tune and repair pianos. Maybe you may guide me since my guidance counselors failed? Great article.
Jerry Sass
New York, New York
To the Editor:
If a reading disability is neurobiological in origin, it won’t be cured, but students with dyslexia can learn to read. The deficits they exhibit, in phonological awareness (rhyming, manipulation of sounds within words etc) and rapid naming (how quickly the student can place a name to a symbol such as letters or numbers) will always remain deficits, but with direct, explicit and systematic instruction in a phonics based program such as Wilson, these students read successfully and give the appearance of being cured. As a reading specialist, I found a little girl to be dyslexic in March of her first grade year. Sadly, she had already given up hope to learn to read, as did her mother. With intensive instruction with a research-based program, that student reached grade level by March of her second grade year. We were all in tears at her annual IEP meeting!
Ratih
Reading Specialist
