High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have her ask her English teacher for clarification. Then she can say she was confused as she thought she had it right, so she asked english teacher to double check.

THis is the best option

+1 I'm a high school English teacher and proud grammar police. Students love to ask me about questionable sentence constructions, then gleefully inform me that the blunder is the work of another teacher.

[Anonymous]

Wow. Parent going to principal for an error like this is way overkill. Y’all are crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On the positive side your child gets to learn to be diplomatic and can learn how not to be self righteous. A lesson much more important than correct grammar or a grade on s science paper.

Do you have s shoes that can help her with that... an aunt maybe... neighbor?

How not to be self righteous? You're kidding, right?

self-right·eous
adjective
having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior.

The self righteous one is the teacher who went out of his/her way to cross out something on a student's piece of work in order to teach them some sort of lesson when they've been the clueless one all along. It takes audacity (or a special form of stupidity) to 'correct' someone when you actually have no idea what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

Have her share this with the teacher:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teacher should be better educated. Being educated is a requirement for her job. Principals or Admin (like above) who don't understand this don't deserve to be in their positions.

I am a person who likes words to be spelled correctly. That said, I understand that some people have trouble with spelling. Should the teacher do better? Of course. However, the teacher may be an excellent science teacher
Would you like her fired because she cannot spell "effect" or "affect" correctly? Believe me, there are science teachers out there who probably would not be supervising a project like this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Parent going to principal for an error like this is way overkill. Y’all are crazy.

I'm sure posters on here would be totally OK with a coworker going straight to the head of her organization to complain about a spelling error in an email she sent. Because that would make total sense and wouldn't be overkill at all. Also, glad you all are perfect and never make any minor mistakes in your day to day life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not a big deal. Don't make it one. Tell you daughter to talk to the teacher and take a dictionary with her. I would suggest a "puzzled" approach.

This! Holy cow I can't believe people are suggesting going to the principal or bringing in other teachers, or even having a parent intervene. That's nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher should be better educated. Being educated is a requirement for her job. Principals or Admin (like above) who don't understand this don't deserve to be in their positions.

I am a person who likes words to be spelled correctly. That said, I understand that some people have trouble with spelling. Should the teacher do better? Of course. However, the teacher may be an excellent science teacher
Would you like her fired because she cannot spell "effect" or "affect" correctly? Believe me, there are science teachers out there who probably would not be supervising a project like this one.

There's actually a big difference between a science teacher who misspells a word in a document that they produce and a science teacher who goes out of their way to correct a student and tell them that they spelled something incorrectly.

[Anonymous]

Some of you are suggesting that this is a spelling error. It’s actually a usage error. It should be pointed out to the teacher.

- Grammar police and also a teacher

[Anonymous]

Do NOT involve another teacher or the principal. Have her take the dictionary approach.

[Anonymous]

Student should either ask teacher to clarify ("I'm confused") or just keep the original, grammatically correct version. Do not bring principal or another teacher into it. Parent should not be involved.

This is one of my pet peeves. I hate it when schools or teachers make grammar or spelling errors, and they seem to do it all the time. It's just looks bad! I give some leeway to a science or math teacher, but still, not good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm harsh about these things. I would point it out to the Principal.

Why? Why would you waste the Principal's time on this?

Op I would point it out to the teacher.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I forgot to add the bolded.

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with those who suggest having your child advocate for herself. There are many teachers who don't want to be corrected by a student. Unless you know that this teacher is not one of them, I would not have her advocate for herself without proof that she can bring in. Such teachers can often be vindictive towards a student that embarrasses or corrects them. The dictionary comment is the only one that I would advocate your daughter do herself. Otherwise, I would get the assistance of an adult, whether you, the mother, or the English teacher I would send an email saying that your daughter showed you this correction and was confused because she had it correct. I would say that I verified via <source> and she did have the correct word. Even though I know it myself, I would cite a reference that confirmed what both my child and I knew. I would just say that my daughter was leaving the title as she originally had it for the final copy without a request for a response and this message was just to let her know.

This. PARENT: go to the principal. If the student goes, there will be retaliation against the student, period.

The first thing the principal will likely ask is "have you talked to the teacher about this?" You will look like a fool. In fact, the principal will likely ask, "did your child talk to the teacher about this?"

This is an opportunity for your child to stand up for herself and what is right. Why would you assume the teacher is vindictive? Believe me, I was a teacher and I would have not resented a student pointing out (nicely) an error. What would I have resented? A parent going to the principal over a careless mistake--or, worse--pointing out a spelling error that I had made.

Believe me, the principal has bigger fish to fry than this.

If the teacher is vindictive and takes it out on your child, THEN go to the principal. That's a much different situation.

This is a learning opportunity for your child.

If people are respectful, most people are not vindictive.

Admin here. If I received such a complaint all future emails from that parent would be forwarded to my loony bin.

Some of the cows here need something to do. Perhaps a paying job?

You had a good point with your first comment. Second comment makes you sound like a judgemental c*nt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not a big deal. Don't make it one. Tell you daughter to talk to the teacher and take a dictionary with her. I would suggest a "puzzled" approach.

This! Holy cow I can't believe people are suggesting going to the principal or bringing in other teachers, or even having a parent intervene. That's nuts.

+1

[Anonymous]

Your child should point it out to the teacher, but in no way should the child have to dumb down and act like she is confused when she is not! Nor should the child have to have proof by showing the dictionary. The teacher should look it up in the dictionary herself. That's pretty pathetic. It's like the teacher automatically wants to correct kids (incorrectly) as a power trip.