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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After reading that email from the HOS, I think a lot of people need more instruction in English, both in writing and reading comprehension. He does seem to try to mask his inexperience with a lot of jargon.

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Can you believe that the author is a former [b]English teacher?[/b]  Although I do not know that he ever taught at Basis, even their English teachers would not accept this kind of drivel from 8th graders.

He is an illustration of why our children are not learning the nuts and bolts of English at Basis - he never got called on the nuts and bolts.  And he must not have taught long there, because the [b]only[/b] English Basis teachers are required to teach is grammar and vocabulary.

At the beginning of his incomprehensible email, I did have myself a laugh.  I would be hard pressed to believe that an unsophisticated corporation ever engaged in this nonsense.  We would not have let them in a situation like this where they were supposedly trying to clarify and reassure.  He may have created the verb "messaging," or he may have heard it at some leadership seminar (presumably not catering to 13 year olds), but the poor guy has got to [b]let "messaging" go now[/b], since most parents are not familiar with that language (I am, but not the kind of amateurish employment of it that his email demonstrates), and it is not surprising to me, having dealt with foreign, albeit sophisticated clients, that some parents who do not really speak English did not get the message.  It is also not surprising to me that literate well heeled parents whose children had been "adversely affected" by the "incident" were infuriated by such nonsense.

He could have consulted the psychologist they now have on staff (still no school nurse), or requested assistance from real lawyers (which is what to me it sounds like he was trying to be).  He presumably has assistance from genuine lawyers because of the IDEA and ADA violations, and there is a fantastic Introduction to Law teacher who would have given him an F for this email were he purporting to be a corporation.

We are much more precise and concise even when trying to avoid all responsibility.  And we use English. And any judge would have called us out on the "lab materials" as well, since it is not clear at all from his message that they were something as insignificant, replaceable, and tempting as candy. It is deeply ironic that one of the "leadership failures" here was an inability to communicate in writing.  F in English and D in corporate doublespeak and again, F in legalese.

Perhaps he ought to go back to teaching English.  He might learn something from the grammar and vocabulary he is required to teach 8th graders.  Or they might learn nothing the entire year.  That too has happened at Basis.

But a very poor show and a pitiful attempt at damage control.  Not surprised it exploded in its face.  He need an editor.

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You've got to go back on your meds, you've lost connection with reality. [/quote]

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