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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No specific advice, but one of the smartest guys I know was/is a HORRIBLE speller. He's still a double Ivy grad, clerked for a big name judge, all around intelligent person. Another bad speller I know is a chemistry PhD and amazing writer. I don't know what causes bad spelling but in my anecdotal experience spelling isn't an indicator of smarts or predictor of life success or anything.[/quote] Yep. My DH can't spell to save his life. He is always chiming out to me when he's on the computer...'how do you spell...?". Genius. Speaks 3 languages fluently (2 acquired in his teens/20s), perfect SAT scores in the late 80s (when that meant something). My older son (10) also has trouble with spelling. It does not have much correlation to intelligence. Son is very, very smart like his dad with photographic memory. Spelling was always my strong suit. [/quote]
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