Anonymous
04/11/2018 12:07
Subject: Re:High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Anonymous wrote:Have her ask her English teacher for clarification. Then she can say she was confused as she thought she had it right, so she asked english teacher to double check.
THis is the best option
Anonymous
04/11/2018 12:06
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
NP here. just so i'm clear, the teacher cannot be correct right?
Anonymous
04/11/2018 12:04
Subject: Re:High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Have her ask her English teacher for clarification. Then she can say she was confused as she thought she had it right, so she asked english teacher to double check.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 12:03
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yea, I might cross out affect and write "no, actually EFFECT is correct" then send it back in with my kid to give to the teacher. Assuming he/she didn't take points off, does it really matter? Not a lot. But it would irritate me.
OP here. It matters only b/c this is a draft and apparently DD has to resubmit it as a longer paper.
So what I told DD to do was nicely and quietly approach the teacher and explain she won't be making the change in her next draft because she had it right the first time. And told her to let the teacher save face if she is embarrassed (and involve her English teacher is science teacher is intransigent).
Again, I know a lot of people struggle with effect/affect. But I honestly expect more of high school teachers, even those teaching non-English.
Honestly, I think most adults would be embarrassed being corrected by their student and the teacher will probably start going out of his/her way to find problems with your daughter's future assignments - just to prove he/she isn't an idiot.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 12:00
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Anonymous wrote:If it's wrong she should be embarrassed. Let's hope she is embarrassed. She may need a reminder that she's accountable. This is a job and she is held to a professional standard. You should mention the mistake. I think it's more important that it comes from an adult. I think she will give the comment greater consideration.
OP here... Well, I'm trying to teach my kid self-advocacy, so I'm really reluctant to get involved over something as relatively trivial as this. I'm more impressed that my kid knew the teacher's edit was wrong and photographed the graded paper and texted it to me with a "??" on it.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:59
Subject: Re:High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm harsh about these things. I would point it out to the Principal.
OP here. I think going to the principal would be overkill. I'm trying to decide whether to suggest to DD that she assert herself to the teacher about it. No points were deducted. But still...
I'm not sure how DD does that without seeming like a smartypants, though.
She should blame it on you. "My mom wouldn't let me hand it in this way. She said I needed to spell effect properly or I'd be grounded."
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:58
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Anonymous wrote:Yea, I might cross out affect and write "no, actually EFFECT is correct" then send it back in with my kid to give to the teacher. Assuming he/she didn't take points off, does it really matter? Not a lot. But it would irritate me.
OP here. It matters only b/c this is a draft and apparently DD has to resubmit it as a longer paper.
So what I told DD to do was nicely and quietly approach the teacher and explain she won't be making the change in her next draft because she had it right the first time. And told her to let the teacher save face if she is embarrassed (and involve her English teacher is science teacher is intransigent).
Again, I know a lot of people struggle with effect/affect. But I honestly expect more of high school teachers, even those teaching non-English.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:57
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Anonymous wrote:Child handed back science paper entitled "The effect of XXX on YYY."
Teacher crosses out "effect" in the title and throughout and writes in "affect."
Let it go? Point it out? Laugh morosely about it at home and shake our heads? It's a science teacher, not an English teacher. But, come on... a teacher should know the difference between affect and effect, right?
Does your DC have to turn in another draft of this? If so, find something on the internet that explains the difference, give it to your DC and have DC tell the teacher DC did research and effect is correct. Have DC show the research. If the teacher still says no, let it go. Not worth it.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:54
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
If it's wrong she should be embarrassed. Let's hope she is embarrassed. She may need a reminder that she's accountable. This is a job and she is held to a professional standard. You should mention the mistake. I think it's more important that it comes from an adult. I think she will give the comment greater consideration.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:46
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Yea, I might cross out affect and write "no, actually EFFECT is correct" then send it back in with my kid to give to the teacher. Assuming he/she didn't take points off, does it really matter? Not a lot. But it would irritate me.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:46
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Anonymous wrote:Depends.
Is it something like "light affects plants"?
Or
"Plants are affected by light"?
No, it doesn't depend. DD's title was literally something like "The effect of acid rain on ph levels in the local pond." That wasn't it, of course, but that's the construction of the sentence.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:44
Subject: Re:High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Anonymous wrote:I'm harsh about these things. I would point it out to the Principal.
OP here. I think going to the principal would be overkill. I'm trying to decide whether to suggest to DD that she assert herself to the teacher about it. No points were deducted. But still...
I'm not sure how DD does that without seeming like a smartypants, though.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:44
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Depends.
Is it something like "light affects plants"?
Or
"Plants are affected by light"?
Is it something like "light affects plants"?
Or
"Plants are affected by light"?
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:43
Subject: Re:High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
I'm harsh about these things. I would point it out to the Principal.
Anonymous
04/11/2018 11:42
Subject: High school science teacher suggests grammatically incorrect title on paper
Child handed back science paper entitled "The effect of XXX on YYY."
Teacher crosses out "effect" in the title and throughout and writes in "affect."
Let it go? Point it out? Laugh morosely about it at home and shake our heads? It's a science teacher, not an English teacher. But, come on... a teacher should know the difference between affect and effect, right?
Teacher crosses out "effect" in the title and throughout and writes in "affect."
Let it go? Point it out? Laugh morosely about it at home and shake our heads? It's a science teacher, not an English teacher. But, come on... a teacher should know the difference between affect and effect, right?