Really Minor Organizer Request

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  • April 14, 2014 at 5:33 pm
    suzukimom
    Participant

    I know that custom subjects is on the ‘wanted feature’ list….

    Could I just request a minor change in one of the current subjects on the list?

    Instead of “Beginner Reading”, could it be changed to “Reading Instruction”?

    The reason I ask is my almost 11yo son has dyslexia, and still needs Reading Instruction…. but he gets insulted by “Beginner Reading”….

     

    April 14, 2014 at 5:47 pm
    Jordan Smith
    Keymaster

    Could you use the “Language Arts” subject instead?

    April 20, 2014 at 5:26 am
    Amy
    Participant

    This would be such a nice change. I have an 11yo in the same situation. Please?

    April 20, 2014 at 7:08 pm
    suzukimom
    Participant

    Yes, I could use language arts – but I really don’t want to….. Language Arts to me is a madre up term by schools to encompass reading, writing, grammar, spelling, etc etc etc….

    April 21, 2014 at 1:09 am
    Amy
    Participant

    Reading Instruction is more versitile in other ways – for example, if you want to use the McGuffey or similar readers for elocution practice. Is there a downside to changing it?

    April 21, 2014 at 3:20 pm
    Doug Smith
    Keymaster

    Changing it is a bigger deal than it seems on the surface. Here are the kinds of questions we have to ask.

    “Beginner Reading” and “Reading Instruction” do mean slightly different things. So although the change might do what you want, would it be meaningful to everyone else who also uses it? What about others who have used the term being confused with an unexpected change to their schedule? Do we pay the programmer to find everyone who has used that subject, contact them, and ask for their preference before making a change? Or do we change it and notify everyone of the change and include a “sorry if if no longer meets your needs” message?

    So why not just add another subject for it?

    We have intentionally limited the number of subjects to keep the menu from becoming unweildy. We know that what is there is not always perfect for a very detailed description. But we also know that there are enough generic, overarching terms to pretty much do the job for now.

    So we would be unlikely to just add that one because it’s too similar to others or covered by a more generic subject.

    Of course, the eventual goal is to give you custom subjects so you can do what you want without the subject menu being cluttered with everyone else’s subjects. I know that one has been a long time coming, but we do have to prioritize.

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