  Rebecca Romain Stamos didn't make me want to see either of her movies coming out, but she did make me want to check her mom's spelling thing out. It's a group that supports nixing all the screwy spelling rules so that kids can spend less time learning how to spell and more time on the other subjects.
As a mother just dipping her toes into the phonics pool, I think they've got a point. urlLink Simplified Spelling Society - Aims and Objectives : "A To publicize the unnecessary difficulties of English spelling and the benefits that its simplification would bring. B To raise awareness of the alphabetic principle, its corruption during the long history of written English, and its more rational application in other languages. (See Six Axioms). C To promote research and debate on ways of reforming English spelling, and to prepare a graded set of proposals for relating word-forms more predictably to speech-sounds.
D To help co-ordinate proposals for English spelling reform across both English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries. E To persuade the public, opinion-formers, policy-makers and relevant agencies of the need for and practical possibilities of reforming English spelling. " 
