Teacher can't spell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, many teachers' skills reflect the fact that the profession is underpaid and undervalued.

huh?

You should have those skills PRIOR to entering the work force. Grammar and mechanics are taught in elementary school and reinforced in middle and high. Furthermore, from ES to HS, more complex skills are added each year.


Signed,
a teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We recently got an email from my daughter's principal that bombed the less vs. fewer distinction. I'm appalled, but I don't think there's much I can do about it.

I was bemused by you're post. It seems every day someone makes an error like that. Error like that can effect a person's opinion of the writer. Honestly, I think a majority of people make the mistake of using less when they mean fewer. Further vs. farther is also a common problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neither can I, but I am not the teacher.
Should I be concerned, this is just Kindergarten?
She makes a typo on every single e-mail.
On top of that, huge grammatical issues.
Has anyone else encountered this?
If it were a higher grade, I might have called her on it.

Are you sure that the misspellings are not just typos? What type of grammatical mistakes? People fight over the proper use of commas and semicolons all the time. Keep in mind that teachers are often sending emails to parents on their own time, after teaching all day, taking care of their own children, working second jobs, etc. Being tired can be the reason for the errors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently got an email from my daughter's principal that bombed the less vs. fewer distinction. I'm appalled, but I don't think there's much I can do about it.

I was bemused by you're post. It seems every day someone makes an error like that. Error like that can effect a person's opinion of the writer. Honestly, I think a majority of people make the mistake of using less when they mean fewer. Further vs. farther is also a common problem.

so is your and you're

and affect and effect

Just lay off the teacher; unless there are tons of other reasons to be concerned about her/him/the teaching force in the school--consider that maybe he or she has other strengths. Your child will be with that teacher for a year. Nobody's spelling has been irreparably damaged from exposure to a sloppy emailer...

[Anonymous]

Haven't read all the responses. Is she a good teacher? Does your child like her? I could care less at that level as long as she's a good teacher. It is a bit unprofessional that she doesn't use spell check, but as long as she does her job well ad doesn't teach my child the wrong spelling or something I a, fine with it. In fact, if my child's teacher actually admitted to the class she herlsef has some learning glitches she has to compensate for it might be a teachable moment. We all have our challenges. I would rather have a teacher with a glitch or two who is outstanding that a perfectionist with no empathy.

[Anonymous]

Oh my...previous poster here...check out my typos! Yikes! I promise I always use spell check, but don't have that option here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently got an email from my daughter's principal that bombed the less vs. fewer distinction. I'm appalled, but I don't think there's much I can do about it.

I was bemused by you're post. It seems every day someone makes an error like that. Error like that can effect a person's opinion of the writer. Honestly, I think a majority of people make the mistake of using less when they mean fewer. Further vs. farther is also a common problem.

so is your and you're

and affect and effect

Just lay off the teacher; unless there are tons of other reasons to be concerned about her/him/the teaching force in the school--consider that maybe he or she has other strengths. Your child will be with that teacher for a year. Nobody's spelling has been irreparably damaged from exposure to a sloppy emailer...

And bemused vs. amused. It was just a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently got an email from my daughter's principal that bombed the less vs. fewer distinction. I'm appalled, but I don't think there's much I can do about it.

I was bemused by you're post. It seems every day someone makes an error like that. Error like that can effect a person's opinion of the writer. Honestly, I think a majority of people make the mistake of using less when they mean fewer. Further vs. farther is also a common problem.

As is the inability to use "affect" or "effect" correctly.

Hint: effect is generally used as a noun, to show the impact of some event. "The hurricane caused many tragedies, and the economy is still reeling from its effects". Typically, when people want to say that one thing has had an impact on another, they will use the verb affect

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently got an email from my daughter's principal that bombed the less vs. fewer distinction. I'm appalled, but I don't think there's much I can do about it.

I was bemused by you're post. It seems every day someone makes an error like that. Error like that can effect a person's opinion of the writer. Honestly, I think a majority of people make the mistake of using less when they mean fewer. Further vs. farther is also a common problem.

so is your and you're

and affect and effect

Just lay off the teacher; unless there are tons of other reasons to be concerned about her/him/the teaching force in the school--consider that maybe he or she has other strengths. Your child will be with that teacher for a year. Nobody's spelling has been irreparably damaged from exposure to a sloppy emailer...

So if your lawyer had typos and mechanical errors in your divorce papers, that would be acceptable?

[Anonymous]

Unprofessional errors are not acceptable from teachers, but unfortunately, this is a common problem. I found a few of my former (teaching) colleagues sadly uninformed and undereducated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, many teachers' skills reflect the fact that the profession is underpaid and undervalued.

huh?

You should have those skills PRIOR to entering the work force. Grammar and mechanics are taught in elementary school and reinforced in middle and high. Furthermore, from ES to HS, more complex skills are added each year.


Signed,
a teacher

I think the point is that few well educated people enter the profession. The average teacher graduates in the bottom half of his/her college class.
If salaries go up, people will expect more competitive candidates. There is little money to increase salaries, so we have to take what we get.

[Anonymous]

My DD's first grade teacher was a terrible speller. The notes and fliers that used to come home from school made me wince. E-mail is one thing, but not a document where presumably you have a spellchecker.

The worst was the few times she corrected spelling mistakes that were NOT mistakes on my DD's papers.

[Anonymous]

last year, my DH and I went back and forth over a decision to switch our daughter's school. there was a long list of reasons, but one of them for DH was the fact that the principal had less than stellar grammar and spelling. he just couldn't get past it; to him, it set a tone for the entire school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently got an email from my daughter's principal that bombed the less vs. fewer distinction. I'm appalled, but I don't think there's much I can do about it.

I was bemused by you're post. It seems every day someone makes an error like that. Error like that can effect a person's opinion of the writer. Honestly, I think a majority of people make the mistake of using less when they mean fewer. Further vs. farther is also a common problem.

so is your and you're

and affect and effect

Just lay off the teacher; unless there are tons of other reasons to be concerned about her/him/the teaching force in the school--consider that maybe he or she has other strengths. Your child will be with that teacher for a year. Nobody's spelling has been irreparably damaged from exposure to a sloppy emailer...

I think PP was making the mistakes on purpose to make a point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, many teachers' skills reflect the fact that the profession is underpaid and undervalued.

huh?

You should have those skills PRIOR to entering the work force. Grammar and mechanics are taught in elementary school and reinforced in middle and high. Furthermore, from ES to HS, more complex skills are added each year.


Signed,
a teacher

I think the point is that few well educated people enter the profession. The average teacher graduates in the bottom half of his/her college class.
If salaries go up, people will expect more competitive candidates. There is little money to increase salaries, so we have to take what we get.

Oh, just stop it. I have a Masters from an Ivy League and I am in the 'profession'. I have a colleague who is a wonderful teacher, super literate and whose emails look like a ransom note. It is more generational and eye-sight/typing related than anything else I can tell. To send a letter 'telling on this teache"r to the principal would be just plain snarky, and not acknowledge the teacher's other great skills (does not generally misspell when instructing, correcting papers, writing on the board...). Again, is this teacher's spelling just the tip of the iceberg of mediocrity, or is this a great teacher who sends unprofessional emails? Like other posters, my fear is if you tattle you will end up with a teacher who just chooses not to email parents at all--not worth the hassle. Just write back with correct spelling and format, and maybe he/she will get a clue. Or gently drop a with-it email style and grammar book anonymously on their desk. Don't be a tell-tale over this though, unless there are a host of other issues.