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[quote=Anonymous][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]

You don't see the difference between a software manual being prepared for publication (presumably within a timeframe of a month or more) and a teacher creating worksheets every day for her class to take home at night???[/quote]

No, I do not. Matter of fact, I see the teacher's job as easier - pick or create a worksheet, look it over to be sure there are no errors that might confuse the child - left out arrows, typos, unclear instructions, etc., copy it, then hand it out.

If a teacher does not have the time to make sure a worksheet is correct, they need a new job.[/quote]

But in NY, where these worksheets are coming from, the teacher's job is not to pick or create a worksheet.  The teacher's job is to assign the worksheet that is in the pacing guide.  You can argue that that shouldn't be the way it works, but that's the way it currently does work.  [/quote]

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