Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 14:51     Subject: Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
There are comma errors, a subject verb agreement error, and proof reading errors. I teach writing so they stuck out to me, but really, the average reader won't and shouldn't be bothered.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 14:51     Subject: Re:Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
Anonymous wrote:All I could find was a misplaced comma or two. She should be commended for writing a letter with all the information in it. The principal at my kids' school never did that.


This. Also, she capitalized the start of a parenthetical phrase within a sentence. Should we take her out back and shoot her?

Honestly, you need to get a life. There is nothing egregious about this memo.

Signed, someone who writes/edits for a living but who realizes that most other people (including principals and teachers) do not.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 14:47     Subject: Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
That was not what I was expecting. Didn't seem that bad.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 14:19     Subject: Re:Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
All I could find was a misplaced comma or two. She should be commended for writing a letter with all the information in it. The principal at my kids' school never did that.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 13:23     Subject: Re:Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
Anonymous wrote:Yeah, that memo didn't bother me at all.


seemed fine to me also.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 13:08     Subject: Re:Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
It's not well written, but it does show that the principal was reaching out to parents over the summer. To me, that ought to outweigh the awkward phrasing.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 13:05     Subject: Re:Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
Yeah, that memo didn't bother me at all.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 13:02     Subject: Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
Anonymous wrote:wrote or posted on the school website had grammatical errors, poor punctuation, etc.? It bugs me.
This is FCPS btw.


I'd be happy to get any communication out of our principal. She operates in a Cone of Silence.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 12:33     Subject: Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
Wow -- that's not nearly as bad as I was expecting. Get a hobby.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 12:09     Subject: Re:Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
Yes, very poorly written indeed.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 12:07     Subject: Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
OP: here is the latest example that pushed me over the edge. I really feel like this is so poorly-written!

http://www.fcps.edu/VirginiaRunES/StaffUpdate2013.pdf
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 12:02     Subject: Re:Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
Goodness. It bothers me when it's DCUM. If it's the principal, it would drive me to drink.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 12:02     Subject: Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
Hell yes. I would print it out, mark it up in red pen, and then mail it anonymously to her. Each time.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 12:00     Subject: Re:Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
YES! It would bother me very much.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2013 11:57     Subject: Would it bother you if nearly everything your dc's elementary principal
wrote or posted on the school website had grammatical errors, poor punctuation, etc.? It bugs me.
This is FCPS btw.