Children and alphabets: my daughter - now 31 - is still furious with her reception class (kindergarden) teacher who wanted the children 'give the sounds' for all the letters on more or less the first day. My daughter did fine unless she got to X when she stopped, saying 'I know the letter is X and I can give you several worda starting with X but thwy start with different sounds. So the teacher made the sound she wanted - broadly a hiss - then claimed my daughter couldnt do it. The resentment is still there.