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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sadly it is a reflection of the standard of education of these teachers. Try reading an email from an ES Principal, they are equally error-filled. You get used to it, but it is damning.[/quote]

I love the irony. We hold teachers and administrators to a higher standard than people in other professions, yet we afford them so little respect.

My doctor can’t spell to save her life, yet I’m not on DCUM ridiculing doctors and questioning their intelligence. Only teachers are expected to be perfect even though they’re (supposedly) so under-educated. [/quote]
Doctors aren't correcting spelling. If you correct spelling it is weird to get it wrong.

The MCPS payscale is comparable to the average earnings for people with advanced degrees in MoCo and that is before you take into account the value of the pension and healthcare with are both far better than what most get in the private sector. [/quote]

Not sure what pay has to do with anything? (And, if you’re going to bring up pay, then that’s a conversation that requires talking about hours, too. It’s a Sunday and I worked a full 8 hours already. I don’t think my salary is great considering the hours.)

Now back on topic: teachers have to be good at many things. My doctor, since we’re talking medical field now, clearly doesn’t. She doesn’t need to be able to spell. She doesn’t need to be able to communicate with compassion and empathy. She doesn’t need to get labs back in a timely manner. Yet, with all these flaws, we don’t attack her on this site. A teacher misspells one word and the pitchforks come out.

Why do we expect teachers to be flawless, yet we accept so many flaws from others? [/quote]

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