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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it interesting that teachers excuse other teachers for sending home error ridden worksheets. [/quote]

My daughter's teacher creates her own material on a daily basis as a way of enlivening the curriculum and in addition to the suggested materials purchased by the country.   SOme come from online sources, but she makes a lot herself.   (That's the "freedom to be creative" piece people are so worried will be lost with national standards.)  If there are a few typos I am not going to get my panties in a wad.

If a published curriculum were riddled with errors, I would expect that material not to be used, and I would find fault with a school district that allowed it to be purchased and used.   I would not find fault with a teacher for sending home work from a required text.

The few examples we have seen here from New York State (math curriculum questions that are confusing) I would find unacceptable if they were assigned on a daily basis by an individual teacher.   If they are part of an official curriculum adopted by a school district, I would be contacting that school district and holding it accountable for adopting this textbook as there are better ones out there.[/quote]

If I created a manual for software and that software's manual was being tested and contained errors to the point where it confused the testers, I would be held responsible - and rightfully so. If a teacher sends home a worksheet with errors that frustrates a child and upsets the peace of the household, you darn well should 'get your panties in a wad'.

Unreal - no personal responsibility demonstrated at all. [/quote]

Who is not demonstrating personal responsibility here? I am confused.[/quote]

By stating that you wouldn't get your panties in a wad over a few typos, I feel you are not demonstrating the concept of personal responsibility. Those "few typos" can melt down a child who is trying hard to understand the assignment, which then sets the tone for homework. Add to this, the frustration of parents trying to understand what the hell is wanted from the kid on the worksheet, and you get one pissed parent. And the teacher then has the nerve to feel 'slighted' when the parents get upset.

All because the teacher could not be bothered to check the work she was sending home. [/quote]

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