I have a PhD and when I’m in a rush often spell “of” as “ove.”

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Anonymous wrote:If you want teachers that never misspell words, you need to make teaching a much high paid career. You aren't getting lawyer- or editor-quality who just happened to prefer teaching!

If you want teachers that make fewer errors, you need to give them time to do their work.

Um, lawyers misspell things all the time.

I cant spell that word without the little red spellcheck line reminding me i did it wrong. same with calendar, nauseous, and a few others. Now it's a little weird if your kid spelled it correctly and she circled it and "corrected" it to the wrong spelling. I wouldn't call her out, I'd just tell the kid he spelled it right and it was just a mistake. The kid can advocate for himself with her if he got docked points for poor spelling of course

I’m a lawyer who does nothing but write and I can’t spell to save my life. I didn’t even make it to the spelling bee as a kid because I couldn’t pass the initial test. Give the teacher a break, we all have off days. If she took off points when your kid spelled it correctly, you could have your kid ask the teacher about it, and she will probably just fix the error but it’s 5th grade, it doesn’t matter.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

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?

Put a rat in sepARATe

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

I found three misspelled words in a major city magazine. Chalk it up to being tired and overworked. The first week of school until Thanksgiving is completely awful for teachers in public schools. Everything is due all at once.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I’m a teacher. I’m frantically trying to get 70 hours of work crammed into 55, just so I can raise my own children.

I’m sure I make the occasional mistake because of the pace at which I have to work. (That, and the fact I’m a human.) I’d hate to think I’m so judged by a parent that she had to rush to DCUM to make a comment about a misspelling.

It'd be great if Canvas had a spelling and grammer check. I always see my mistakes well after I've submitted my comments. If I work too slow, I never finish grading.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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.

Very petty OP.

Anonymous wrote:If you want teachers that never misspell words, you need to make teaching a much high paid career. You aren't getting lawyer- or editor-quality who just happened to prefer teaching!

If you want teachers that make fewer errors, you need to give them time to do their work.

This is how you know it’s not AI.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I’m a teacher. I’m frantically trying to get 70 hours of work crammed into 55, just so I can raise my own children.

I’m sure I make the occasional mistake because of the pace at which I have to work. (That, and the fact I’m a human.) I’d hate to think I’m so judged by a parent that she had to rush to DCUM to make a comment about a misspelling.

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