Bad example.
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Bad example.
I was taking a look at my friends 14year old sons school essay, as he had asked me to help him (spelling and grammar) re-write it, as his d grade was not good enough. I was really shocked to see that the English teacher had corrected wiped (whipped) with wipped! I am sure this is the right spelling, and that its spelt with a 'h'. Whipped as in flog.
The teacher may have been under a lot of pressure,but surely this effort of correction is NOT a good example. I am sure there are some really brilliant English teachers out there, who would also find this 'mistake' not good enough...They are teaching our children for heavens sake! Forgive me if you think i am being a tadge fussy.
Has any one else had similar experiences? By the way he goes to a 'doing well' comp.
The teacher may have been under a lot of pressure,but surely this effort of correction is NOT a good example. I am sure there are some really brilliant English teachers out there, who would also find this 'mistake' not good enough...They are teaching our children for heavens sake! Forgive me if you think i am being a tadge fussy.
Has any one else had similar experiences? By the way he goes to a 'doing well' comp.
Re: Bad example.
All too common nowadays, I'm afraid. I've got my work cut out trying to correct all the spellings my Y5 daughter has "copied" from what her teacher has written on the board! (And my daughter didn't often make mistakes with copying until this September, so it can't all be her fault!)Guest1965 wrote:I was taking a look at my friends 14year old sons school essay, as he had asked me to help him (spelling and grammar) re-write it, as his d grade was not good enough. I was really shocked to see that the English teacher had corrected wiped (whipped) with wipped! I am sure this is the right spelling, and that its spelt with a 'h'. Whipped as in flog.
The teacher may have been under a lot of pressure,but surely this effort of correction is NOT a good example. I am sure there are some really brilliant English teachers out there, who would also find this 'mistake' not good enough...They are teaching our children for heavens sake! Forgive me if you think i am being a tadge fussy.
Has any one else had similar experiences? By the way he goes to a 'doing well' comp.
In year 2 my son's teacher recorded in his contact book that he should write a letter of "appology" to another teacher ..... He did write the letter, with the correct spelling. We also regularly get notes about "parent's" evenings..... Another contact book entry was that my eldest had "spung" round in the playground and accidentally hurt another child.
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It's not just teachers - I had a colleague at work ( about 20 years younger than me) whose spelling and grammar were appalling - she was actually in a more senior position but used to ask me to "tidy up" her writing....
(have to concentrate v hard not to make any typos in a thread like this though!)
(have to concentrate v hard not to make any typos in a thread like this though!)
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