English teacher who regularly misspells words

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Anonymous wrote:It would bother me, but I wanted to note that correct spelling isn't a sign of an English teacher's expertise in their subject matter. Spelling is for everyone, not just people who teach/study literature. Do you think these are typos, the product of rushed work or a lack of knowledge?

Anyway, it would bother me, but I've put my share of typos in comments to students when I have a huge grading pile, so I'd try to let it go.

--English teacher who's never been a great speller

An English teacher who can’t spell is like a math teacher who can’t add numbers. It’s not a “sign of expertise” to be able to do it correctly, it’s a completely necessary and basic part of the job that other things build on.

That's true regardless of subject matter.

This is just false. Nothing about what I teach as a middle and high school English teacher builds on spelling.

Exactly. Everyone needs to spell well to communicate effectively. You need accurate spelling in History and Science as well as English. Don't judge an English teacher more harshly than others over spelling.

A history teacher is supposed to have a wealth of subject matter knowledge in addition to being able to spell and write. English teachers don’t do much except try to teach kids to communicate effectively. They can’t do that if they’re teaching kids to misspell words. And yes, when you consistently misspell words, you’re teaching the kids to misspell them too. The fact that some of the kids are smarter than you and know that you’re wrong and so resist this lesson should be embarrassing, not an excuse to continue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It would bother me, but I wanted to note that correct spelling isn't a sign of an English teacher's expertise in their subject matter. Spelling is for everyone, not just people who teach/study literature. Do you think these are typos, the product of rushed work or a lack of knowledge?

Anyway, it would bother me, but I've put my share of typos in comments to students when I have a huge grading pile, so I'd try to let it go.

--English teacher who's never been a great speller

An English teacher who can’t spell is like a math teacher who can’t add numbers. It’s not a “sign of expertise” to be able to do it correctly, it’s a completely necessary and basic part of the job that other things build on.

That's true regardless of subject matter.

This is just false. Nothing about what I teach as a middle and high school English teacher builds on spelling.

Exactly. Everyone needs to spell well to communicate effectively. You need accurate spelling in History and Science as well as English. Don't judge an English teacher more harshly than others over spelling.

A history teacher is supposed to have a wealth of subject matter knowledge in addition to being able to spell and write. English teachers don’t do much except try to teach kids to communicate effectively. They can’t do that if they’re teaching kids to misspell words. And yes, when you consistently misspell words, you’re teaching the kids to misspell them too. The fact that some of the kids are smarter than you and know that you’re wrong and so resist this lesson should be embarrassing, not an excuse to continue.

That's true regardless of subject matter

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It would bother me, but I wanted to note that correct spelling isn't a sign of an English teacher's expertise in their subject matter. Spelling is for everyone, not just people who teach/study literature. Do you think these are typos, the product of rushed work or a lack of knowledge?

Anyway, it would bother me, but I've put my share of typos in comments to students when I have a huge grading pile, so I'd try to let it go.

--English teacher who's never been a great speller

An English teacher who can’t spell is like a math teacher who can’t add numbers. It’s not a “sign of expertise” to be able to do it correctly, it’s a completely necessary and basic part of the job that other things build on.

That's true regardless of subject matter.

This is just false. Nothing about what I teach as a middle and high school English teacher builds on spelling.

Exactly. Everyone needs to spell well to communicate effectively. You need accurate spelling in History and Science as well as English. Don't judge an English teacher more harshly than others over spelling.

A history teacher is supposed to have a wealth of subject matter knowledge in addition to being able to spell and write. English teachers don’t do much except try to teach kids to communicate effectively. They can’t do that if they’re teaching kids to misspell words. And yes, when you consistently misspell words, you’re teaching the kids to misspell them too. The fact that some of the kids are smarter than you and know that you’re wrong and so resist this lesson should be embarrassing, not an excuse to continue.

This is not true. In secondary schools, unless your child is remedial classes, the focus in English is on literary analysis and argumentative writing. The internet has proven that spelling errors do not stop people from communicating effectively. In fact, Typoglycemia is a half-joking term for the fact that are brains are capable of reading misspelled text.

[Anonymous]

The number of people claiming that it’s NBD that teachers can’t spell is really sad. Our kids are doomed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The number of people claiming that it’s NBD that teachers can’t spell is really sad. Our kids are doomed.

They aren't. They're saying the fact that this is an English teacher is irrelevant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The number of people claiming that it’s NBD that teachers can’t spell is really sad. Our kids are doomed.

If your kid can’t spell well by high school an English teacher that is a perfect speller isn’t going to make a difference for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The number of people claiming that it’s NBD that teachers can’t spell is really sad. Our kids are doomed.

If your kid can’t spell well by high school an English teacher that is a perfect speller isn’t going to make a difference for them.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When the pay is low, you attract those with a crap education. Do what they do in Finland and pay $$$$$ for the best candidates. Make it competitive. You also need to overhaul working conditions. Nobody in their right mind would choose public education as it exists today.

I have a PhD in a humanities field from UChicago and I'm a terrible speller. When I taught I would have a student take notes on the board for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The number of people claiming that it’s NBD that teachers can’t spell is really sad. Our kids are doomed.

If your kid can’t spell well by high school an English teacher that is a perfect speller isn’t going to make a difference for them.

Sure, but then don’t complain when kids don’t respect you..

And certainly don’t complain that you want to be treated like professional by parents and society. Professionals aren’t allowed to produce sloppy work full of spelling mistakes - they’d get fired for incompetence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The number of people claiming that it’s NBD that teachers can’t spell is really sad. Our kids are doomed.

If your kid can’t spell well by high school an English teacher that is a perfect speller isn’t going to make a difference for them.

Sure, but then don’t complain when kids don’t respect you..

And certainly don’t complain that you want to be treated like professional by parents and society. Professionals aren’t allowed to produce sloppy work full of spelling mistakes - they’d get fired for incompetence.

No child ever has respected a teacher because they can spell. But there are plenty who don’t respect teachers as a group because their parents tell them their teachers are incompetent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not elementary school. Would this bother you? Don't teachers need to have basic knowledge of the subjects they teach?

Yes is photo them all and mail to the superintendent about how embarrassing and bad role model that is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When the pay is low, you attract those with a crap education. Do what they do in Finland and pay $$$$$ for the best candidates. Make it competitive. You also need to overhaul working conditions. Nobody in their right mind would choose public education as it exists today.

Agree. Wed get a ton of 40 something educated and experienced new teachers ready for a career change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would bother me, but I wanted to note that correct spelling isn't a sign of an English teacher's expertise in their subject matter. Spelling is for everyone, not just people who teach/study literature. Do you think these are typos, the product of rushed work or a lack of knowledge?

Anyway, it would bother me, but I've put my share of typos in comments to students when I have a huge grading pile, so I'd try to let it go.

--English teacher who's never been a great speller

An English teacher who can’t spell is like a math teacher who can’t add numbers. It’s not a “sign of expertise” to be able to do it correctly, it’s a completely necessary and basic part of the job that other things build on.

This is just false. Nothing about what I teach as a middle and high school English teacher builds on spelling.

Wrong.

Good spellers know roots, prefixes, suffixes and probably have had some exposure to Greek roots and Latin ones by high school so they their reading, decoding, comprehension, spelling, and writing are all vastly better than someone who cannot read and spell well.

It’s a real shame k-6 in American doesn’t actively teach and test spelling or even do spelling bees (as a grade) anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is not elementary school. Would this bother you? Don't teachers need to have basic knowledge of the subjects they teach?

Yes is photo them all and mail to the superintendent about how embarrassing and bad role model that is.

If the curriculum doesn’t including spelling, you’’tenor proving anything except how desperate you are for something to criticize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would bother me, but I wanted to note that correct spelling isn't a sign of an English teacher's expertise in their subject matter. Spelling is for everyone, not just people who teach/study literature. Do you think these are typos, the product of rushed work or a lack of knowledge?

Anyway, it would bother me, but I've put my share of typos in comments to students when I have a huge grading pile, so I'd try to let it go.

--English teacher who's never been a great speller

An English teacher who can’t spell is like a math teacher who can’t add numbers. It’s not a “sign of expertise” to be able to do it correctly, it’s a completely necessary and basic part of the job that other things build on.

This is just false. Nothing about what I teach as a middle and high school English teacher builds on spelling.

Parents don’t realize this because they Ave no idea what the standards and curricula are.

We know the standards are very low. And there are very poorly developed curricula.