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I vividly remember learning the short and long vowel sounds in elementary school. With the marks over the vowels explained and used in lessons.

Things like băss and bāss. Obviously those marks can be confusing if they're substituted in for words where the spelled vowels are different than the pronounced vowels (like yo̅o̅ for "ewe"). I guess those were the advanced words we'd learn after the basics were taught. But first, the "Evil E" :)