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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ya know, we've been unimpressed by some of the teachers at my DC's big-3 lower and middle school.  Lots of typos in tests and homework assignments, occasional grammar issues, and a general lack of teaching experience!  Makes me wonder why we're paying so much when teachers are like that, often just recently graduated from university.  One teacher who really has issues is working on a graduate degree in another city so has to take time to go there/back for classes and do homework, etc., AND be a full time teacher at my DC's "big-3" school.  Hard to believe.

So  -- no, being concerned about "aks" doesn't make you racist.  Just let if go though.  [/quote]

+1.  I agree that, at my DC's school, it is surprising how young and inexperienced the teachers are.  When I read the assignments they give, I am surprised at how sloppy they are with their own grammar.

I would be disappointed if a teacher pronounced "ask" as "aks."  There may be a history to that pronunciation, but anyone who speaks like that is putting himself or herself at a disadvantage.

The tuition is a burden for us and so I think we perhaps are more cranky about problems at the school than would someone who has grandparent funding, earns more, or gets financial aid.[/quote]

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