Is it me???

I assume the posters name is a joke in relation to the op.

Or she can't spell!

Well hush my mouth!!!

Sorry! Didn't mean to suggest that someone complaining about spelling can't spell.
Back in my box.

I hated writing end of year reports. 32 children. Al least ten subjects to write about. I would proof read them and then the headteacher would read the report for every child in the school before they were sent home. Sometimes mistakes would slip through the net. Teachers are only human.

Teachers are not "supposed to know"; teachers are supposed to encourage their pupils to learn and have enquiring minds, how to find out about stuff they don't know, and how to problem solve.

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When my twin sons were very young and at primary school
I looked through their exercise books and there were quite a few spelling mistakes where the teacher had commented,

^My DGS goes to a private school and the teachers there make terrible spelling/punctuation/grammar errors.
So you can't even get good teachers when you're paying for it!^

Well, that is poor Cosafina and I would be very cross if my child's report contained spelling/punctuation/grammar mistakes if I were paying £4k a term school fees. Not all teachers, both in the private and state sector are good spellers, some may even be dyslexic, but it is the duty of the Head to check and re check every report. I will stay up half the night during the past few weeks of term to ensure that all the reports which leave my school are without faults. My eyes are smarting and my head aching after spending hour after hour correcting mistakes and re writing incoherent sentences, but when parents are paying thousands of pounds a year for their child's education there is no excuse for errors. We even employ a person who is a top linguist to come and help us with the process.

I'd have thought the headteacher, head of year or head of depatment would have enough to do without having to check the spelling of reports! Ana, the buck stops with the Head, he or she must find the time, even out of hours to check and re check the spelling of reports. The person at the top has to set the example, that's what he or she is paid to do and everyone should be proud of the finished result.
We send the poor reports back to the teachers to correct, (in the hope that they will learn from their mistakes for the next time!), and once corrected, we go through them again with a fine tooth comb and re correct if necessary.

Good spelling and grammar are very important. And starting early with it is important. Youngsters may not use it in their future lives but they may and it looks so bad if you get it so wrong.

I know some people just can't spell or have things like dyslexia but thats something that can be worked around and allowed for. Reallly there is no excuse these days with computers having spell checker and grammar checker.

My granddaughter received a letter last week from Brighton University notifying her of her degree result, and Bachelor was spelt "Batchelor" like the soup!!

It may not have been written by the teacher. It could easily have been written by another adult helper. I agree that spelling is very important and mistakes like those you have mentioned were a poor oversight by somebody. Please don't be so quick to blame the teacher!!!

There's a poster in the Reception area of my grandchildrens' school, detailing 'Star of the week' pupils. The word 'responsable' really irks me, and I have to stop myself from correcting it with my red pen.
I feel that mentioning it to the Secretary at the desk would cause embarrassment/irritation so I have to live with it!

No not unreasonable and I worked in a school for many years and saw this all the time. I think they use a computer a lot and it's either auto corrected on there or they're not bothered. Also, I hate to say this but I think too many people can get onto degree courses -and their standard of literacy and numeracy doesn't have to be that great. Not impressed.

No , you are not unreasonable.i remember being horrified at lunch time when another colleague asked a child, "what was you doing in the building ". Terrible!!

Rosina - that is appalling! There's no excuse for giving the unfortunate pupils incorrect spellings to learn. That teacher really shouldn't be allowed near children, what a dreadful attitude.

Tokyojo don't assume that 'adult helpers' in classrooms are less educated/poorer spellers than the teachers. In my experience it was quite the reverse. It is very often well educated parents who go for the poorly paid job because it enables them to be there for their children while they are still in primary school, particularly of course in the school holidays. Classroom assistants would swap tales of teacher mistakes in the staff room, most of the staff rooms being segregated with teachers at one end and other staff up the other. As a visiting assistant, at a different school every day of the week, I soon learned which end of the staff room I belonged in.

The worst spelling I came across from a teacher was a written remark made about a child whose spelling was 'abismal'.

Thank you Nelliemaggs For a while when the children were young I was a T A. I have 2 degrees .
I have though come across TAs who were very badly educated. Both in their work in the classroom and in the dreadful way they spoke and interacted with the children. Why they were employed I have no idea.

No I quite agree! In the past the Head would read all the reports and counter-sign them - any that contained spelling or other mistakes/unacceptable errors would be returned to the teacher to correct.
I would raise it with the Head (I used to be a Parent Governor at my children's Primary school a long time ago!)

No it's not you. Incompetence everywhere you look. People inordinately pleased with themselves. Mediocrity rules. Now....where did it come from?
Lots of Mrs No Efforts, seemingly as a matter of honour - can't be seen to be trying too hard (why not?). And other cultural influences.

Just read all three pages of this thread with interest as I am a bit of a pedant myself, though aware I am not perfect. I'm afraid I can't get Minxie's contribution out of my mind. Can someone tell me what is wrong with the cafe name "Shelly's Cafe"?