This reminds me of a previously written grant file I was given to study when I was going to be writing my first grant. The writer was a first grade teacher. In her file, there were three letters of recommendation for her purposed program. Two were written by fellow teachers and the other, by a student's parent. The only item in that file without grammatical and spelling errors was the letter written by the parent. Some of the mistakes made were glaringly obvious. The teacher is now our principal. Go figure. :confused:
If the errors show up on shcool worksheets drafted by the teacher, I might be more worried. and would then simply use it as an opportunity to show my kid that even teachers make mistakes, and that Engish is a hard language, and then teach my child the correct way for that particular mistake. ther is no better way to learn than by seeing a mistake and correcting it.
we even get 'official' worksheet pages , district approved, that have grammar errors. we also have grammar errors in principals messages on newlsterrs and notes home, and out of district office on their meeting minutes.............
I agree with all the things the other posters noted. Besides, if her writing skills are that bad then believe me the principal is already aware of it or will be aware of it shortly. Teachers have to put all kinds of things in writing that go across the principal's desk...teaching plans, proposals, reccomendations, evaluations, etc.
[qoute]That's a really bad sentence from someone who's getting paid with public dollars to teach grammar (among other things.)[qoute]
Is she a grammar (or English teacher) or an Elementary teacher??
Is it the only class /subject she teaches??
They have to cover a wide variety of topics and skills (some are bettter at math, science, arts, grammar, reading, comprhension or some skill I missed) I taught with the Military and Music Education in public schools(I'm 40) and I still suck at basic grammar rules.
The American Version of English has over 900 exceptions/ contradictions/ to its main rules or syntax (ie i before except after c) and is the by far hardest language to learn
Kind of a petty issue IMHO
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Thanks for the feedback. She may be an otherwise good teacher, and perhaps it's the school's hiring process that should worry me (although most of the teachers I've dealt with are outstanding). I didn't mention is that the principal is also new.
And it's not a case of lazy typing. When someone writes "She must of went to a meeting.", I can't see that as simple laziness or short-cutting the keyboard. That's a really bad sentence from someone who's getting paid with public dollars to teach grammar (among other things.)
