I love the facebook page for Clearwater Delphi where the reviews are all 5 star and glowing about how great the school is.

I may have been too general in my comment. I wasn’t really going for the teaching aspect, but for the implications that Applied Schoolastics was not part of Scientology or any religious organization.

I’m familiar with “mongrel” vowels as you call them, Mike. In this case, first the “AH” and then the “OH” but with the 2 vowels sounds run together QUICKLY it becomes..”AH-OH”…”PAH-OH” …and I can see how easily this morphs into “POW”. Got it.

Success:
I can now pronounce Karin Pouw’s name properly! Formerly, I had trouble insulting her because of this inability to pronounce her last name, but now I can trash her like there’s no tomorrow with no back off whatsoever! I feel bright and powerful and my space is so clean!
Many thanks to Mike Rinder, And, of course, HUGE thanks to COB/RTC for posting this dreadful creature as your Spokeshole!
Much love,
Aqua

OSD, I can’t imagine children trying to acquire their education solely by the self study method. Where is the engagement, the brainstorming, the expertise. I didn’t realize Applied Scholastics ‘educated’ that way.

POW — strictly speaking the “O” should not be exactly like the “o” in “now” as it is a Dutch name and it’s a bit more difficult but POW and is NOW is how it is usually said. Of course, Karin complicates it even further as she is French… So that vowel sound is a real mongrel.

Thanks, Aquamarine! And to you and yours!

Just wondering, what is the main objection people have to using Applied Scholastics? Does it involve looking up words and using a checksheet (study tech)? Assuming the kids / people are learning what they’re there to learn (math, computer science, etc.), aren’t these technologies beneficial?

There’s obviously nothing wrong with using dictionaries and a check sheet could well be useful for self-study/revision purposes. Study Tech, however, is absolutist dogma that has no place in a classroom. The emphasis on the misunderstood word as the ONLY reason a student yawns, gets confused, becomes critical or gives up is but one example of Hubbard’s insidious conditioning. The material is never at fault. There is no room for any reasoned debate or critical thinking. No valid reason to disagree. The purpose is not to think or evaluate but to duplicate. That is all. Such a mechanical approach to learning is not only restrictive but could arguably inhibit intellectual growth.

This is trivial but for ages I’ve been meaning to ask the correct pronunciation of “Pouw”?, Is it POW or POE? I know it can’t be POO though it should be.

Ha ha! I’m sure they’d say “Absolutely!” But the reality would be completely different. Although TBH – thank goodness since they’re just protecting SP-kids from their faux education!

That…. was AWESOME! (And thanks, that tune is now glued onto my brain!) Lol