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[quote=Anonymous]I think context is important and pattern. My son’s special ed teacher was very talented and a wonderful educator, but several of her reports had grammar errors and typos. It was a little strange to read, but I also know that she had to quickly write a ton of them and I didn’t doubt that she knew grammatical rules and construction. I am a strong writer and communicator but I make typos all the time. Even professional writers and well financed organizations with proof readers have errors in public documents. If it’s simple typos and errors in an email, I’d say it’s not a big deal. We write things quickly and I’m very guilty of making mistakes when I go back and erase and change things (and the sentence ends up not getting changed the way I intended in my head and makes no sense on the page). Same for homophones and that type of thing. Mistakes that are easy to make but doesn’t mean they don’t know the difference. However, if it’s clear they don’t understand the grammatical rules and it’s a pattern than appears in oral and written communication, it’s more of a problem. I agree that there’s probably not a great way to address it that isn’t going to be awkward or cause conflict, though.

I am a little disturbed that so many parents think it is no big deal that a teacher might not have a solid grasp of the English language especially if they are a native speaker, though. Communicating well plays a major factor in getting a good job and being taken seriously in professional settings throughout your life. I would definitely want my kids to have teachers that were modeling proper English grammar and pronunciation in class and in personal interaction consistently. [/quote]

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