Teachers who don't know how to spell

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Anyone else come across this? My daughter showed me her spelling copy today, she is in 5th class primary and she is a good little speller, anyway she usually manages 18 or 19 out of 20 and often 20, but when I looked through her spelling test from the last few months the amount of times she was correct in her spelling but the teacher marked it as being wrong was quite astounding!

Examples / Irresistible should be able at the end according to her teacher.

Necessary should have 2 Cs ,

Fascinating needs another S

Ridiculous should be Ridiculeous

I mean what gives here! Should I complain? she is happy at school and I haven't found any issues with her Maths or other subjects but still I believe that a Primary school teacher should be able to spell properly! Maybe I am expecting too much these days.

That's really, really poor. I'd go in. The thing with spelling is that it sticks in your head. I was taught some wrong spellings at primary schools and I still get confused 20 years later and really need to think, 'is it '-able' or '-ible'?

I'm a teacher myself and I understand that everyone makes the odd mistake on the board, but marking correct spellings as incorrect on a spelling test is awful.

ElleEm

Wow! That is terrible, I would definitely have a word with the teacher. I agree with Izzy, making little mistakes sometimes can be forgiven, but when you are correcting someone's spellings you should be 100% that you know the right spelling.

Paramite Pie

That's shocking... I would certainly complain. It's not just your daughter being taught incorrect spelling but her entire class. And future students too.

While there are some widespread misspellings out there (even in the media), the examples you gave were ridiculeous and I wouldn't neccesarily wait for some other parent to speak up. It always fasscinates me what some teachers get away with:pac:

Fozzie Bear

Oh the humanity. Won't someone PLEASE think of the children.

A teacher who has what? 15-25 kids (depending on the school) to teach and thus 15-25 copies to correct times 20 individual spellings, so 300-500 spellings. And you are pissed because they missed one or two! No doubt stunting the future developement of your child and condemning them to a failed life of drug dependence and begging (I'm guessing) after they fail to get into Trinity. And all because their teacher made a mistake.

You are 100% right OP. I hope you kicked the teacher in the crotch and rang Joe Duffy about the slack fecker. Them and their holidays, and only working until 1pm! Sure what the hell have they to do?

Just Like Heaven

I had a teacher in Secondary school who was dyslexic but being 15/16 we still erupted into laughter every time he picked up a white board marker. The most memorable was after three failed attempts to correctly spell bicycle he crossed it out and wrote bike on the board. Eroshon was a worrying one cause he taught us geography and we had to write down in our journals to remember to bring a 'roooler' on our field study.

ejmaztec

Bleedin teechers.:(

kingcobra

ElleEm wrote: »

Wow! That is terrible, I would definitely have a word with the teacher. I agree with Izzy, making little mistakes sometimes can be forgiven, but when you are correcting someone's spellings you should be 100% that you know the right spelling.

To be perfectly fair I wouldn't even excuse little mistakes. Spelling does indeed stick with you forever and it is important to be a somewhat good speller and I am sure as hell glad that I had teachers who could spell well in primary school. It doesn't take much for a primary school teacher to look up the correct spellings.

Just Like Heaven

kingcobra wrote: »

I am sure as hell glad that I had teachers who good spell well in primary school.

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tunedout

Let her concentrate on more important stuff. Spelling isn't important anymore anyway, unless she's going to have a boards account in a few years.

Tar.Aldarion

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Oh the humanity. Won't someone PLEASE think of the children.

A teacher who has what? 15-25 kids (depending on the school) to teach and thus 15-25 copies to correct times 20 individual spellings, so 300-500 spellings. And you are pissed because they missed one or two! No doubt stunting the future developement of your child and condemning them to a failed life of drug dependence and begging (I'm guessing) after they fail to get into Trinity. And all because their teacher made a mistake.

You are 100% right OP. I hope you kicked the teacher in the crotch and rang Joe Duffy about the slack fecker. Them and their holidays, and only working until 1pm! Sure what the hell have they to do?

I'm not sure, I find it pretty important for developement.
That's where they elope when they don't get into trinners? :pac:


Tbf it's their job and if you can spell you can spell, you don't make those mistakes just because you did it a few times. My English teacher was terrible at spelling in secondary, it wasn't just occasional mistakes. If I used a word she didn't know, she would cross it out and just write question marks. In primary if our teacher wasn't sure she'd ask me or another student, but at least she did ask.

Tonyandthewhale

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

A teacher who has what? 15-25 kids (depending on the school) to teach and thus 15-25 copies to correct times 20 individual spellings, so 300-500 spellings. And you are pissed because they missed one or two!

The teacher didn't miss one or two mistakes - they introduced them and made up their own incorrect spelling of real words. That's the issue here, read the damn thread before you start complaining.

Hitchens

the teecher we had in 5t clas wud go mintel if we got a spelen rong

kingcobra

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

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I didn't spell anything wrong did I?

I'll give that a swift edit....

nikkibikki

It's not a matter of missing a few, it's "correcting" a correct spelling written by the pupil with an incorrect one by the teacher, is that it OP? I'd nearly approach the principal about this as it appears to be an ongoing issue. I know if I made ongoing errors in the course of my work, my boss would b made aware and it would go against me in terms of my performance at work, reducing or even eliminating any bonus or pay rise that might come up. Have any other parents noticed this do you know?

Sky King

Truman Burbank wrote: »

my father and mother
the Bronte sisters
Let's write Aunt Maud.
I believe Grandmother's middle name was Marie.
Please, Dad, let's go.
but
No, my son, I'm afraid not. (Lower-cased after a pronoun)
She adores her aunt Maud. (Apposition use)
Sorry, sweetheart!
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Would this person know the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse?

Kylo Ren

Me fail English? That's unpossible.

x43r0

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Oh the humanity. Won't someone PLEASE think of the children.

A teacher who has what? 15-25 kids (depending on the school) to teach and thus 15-25 copies to correct times 20 individual spellings, so 300-500 spellings. And you are pissed because they missed one or two! No doubt stunting the future developement of your child and condemning them to a failed life of drug dependence and begging (I'm guessing) after they fail to get into Trinity. And all because their teacher made a mistake.

You are 100% right OP. I hope you kicked the teacher in the crotch and rang Joe Duffy about the slack fecker. Them and their holidays, and only working until 1pm! Sure what the hell have they to do?

Apart from the melodrama you present above, exellence should a target in any job, and, while mistakes occur (we are all only human), that does not mean that they should be accepted. If someone doesn't strive to do their job to the level that's expected and without error, then (IMO) they don't deserve the position they are in - that wording might seem a little extreme but I am just trying to get the point across.

In this case I think this belief is amplified given that the person is responsible for the education of others. It's one thing to make a mistake in your job which has impact on you or your career, but when the impact is on 15-25 other people then the price of each mistake is exponentially larger.

Also, you seem to have assumed that the teacher only made this error in one particular child's homework. I'd have thought that if the teacher mistakenly spells some simple words that it is far more likely that they themselves consider those to be the correct ways of spelling those words and in turn would be likely to correct each child's work as such

BillyMitchel

The standard of some of the teachers in general is pretty poor. I used to live with some teachers and they'd be clueless when it comes to certain things.

I always took the piss with easy questions that they couldn't answer and once I asked what was the capital of China and they would said Japan or something like that or they say certain countries from South America where in Africa and vice versa.

I wouldn't say they weren't intelligent but maybe just a small bit dim, if that's the appropriate word?!

byronbay2

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Oh the humanity. Won't someone PLEASE think of the children.

A teacher who has what? 15-25 kids (depending on the school) to teach and thus 15-25 copies to correct times 20 individual spellings, so 300-500 spellings. And you are pissed because they missed one or two! No doubt stunting the future developement of your child and condemning them to a failed life of drug dependence and begging (I'm guessing) after they fail to get into Trinity. And all because their teacher made a mistake.

You are 100% right OP. I hope you kicked the teacher in the crotch and rang Joe Duffy about the slack fecker. Them and their holidays, and only working until 1pm! Sure what the hell have they to do?

And the award for Over-Reaction Of The Year goes to .......

SNORBEAST

Eye dont tink speling iz dat enportant ani moore n everi dai lif.....................

BlatentCheek

A teacher who teaches children to spell words the wrong way doesn't really deserve the position. I know that sounds harsh but if they have problems with spelling they may be unsuitable for the position and at the very least they should invest additional time outside class hours preparing their lesson to avoid making such mistakes.
It's hardly as if we don't have plenty of other unemployed qualified teachers to give the position to instead who may be better at the job and certainly deserve it more if they can actually spell words primary school children are expected to know

SNORBEAST

eym a teecher by de way......................

Czarcasm

BlatentCheek wrote: »

A teacher who teaches children to spell words the wrong way doesn't really deserve the position. I know that sounds harsh but if they have problems with spelling they may be unsuitable for the position and at the very least they should invest additional time outside class hours preparing their lesson to avoid making such mistakes.
It's hardly as if we don't have plenty of other unemployed qualified teachers to give the position to instead who may be better at the job and certainly deserve it more if they can actually spell words primary school children are expected to know

The blatant cheek of them, eh Blatent Cheek?

Dubl07

I had my behind warmed in 3rd class when I robustly challenged my teacher's assertion that my spelling of gypsy was incorrect. She insisted it could only be written as gipsy. :rolleyes:

RaRaRasputin

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

The teacher didn't miss one or two mistakes - they introduced them and made up their own incorrect spelling of real words. That's the issue here, read the damn thread before you start complaining.

Well....reading doesn't seem to be his/ her biggest interest....

Fozzie Bear

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Oh the humanity. Won't someone PLEASE think of the children.

A teacher who has what? 15-25 kids (depending on the school) to teach and thus 15-25 copies to correct times 20 individual spellings, so 300-500 spellings. And you are pissed because they missed one or two! No doubt stunting the future developement of your child and condemning them to a failed life of drug dependence and begging (I'm guessing) after they fail to get into Trinity. And all because their teacher made a mistake.

You are 100% right OP. I hope you kicked the teacher in the crotch and rang Joe Duffy about the slack fecker. Them and their holidays, and only working until 1pm! Sure what the hell have they to do?

I'd think you were joking if I hadn't actually met teachers who thought like this. You know what? It's a responsible job. It's an important job. If you can't get it right, then don't bloody well do it. It would be bad enough to miss some incorrect spellings, but OP's kid's teacher actually marked the kid wrong for spelling words correctly!

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's the 'ahh sure, what does it matter' attitude when it comes to teaching. Teachers make a massive impact on their students' lives. A person who can't spell 'necessary' or 'ridiculous' really has no business teaching English to anyone. I had a lot of sloppy, lazy teachers and if I ever start becoming like that myself, I'll quit. People who don't want the responsibility should choose another profession.

Guy:Incognito

Dubl07 wrote: »

I had my behind warmed in 3rd class when I robustly challenged my teacher's assertion that my spelling of gypsy was incorrect. She insisted it could only be written as gipsy. :rolleyes:

Your both wrong. Its k-n-a-c-k-e-r





:-)

RaRaRasputin

youtube! wrote: »

I mean what gives here! Should I complain? she is happy at school and I haven't found any issues with her Maths or other subjects but still I believe that a Primary school teacher should be able to spell properly! Maybe I am expecting too much these days.

Yes, I think you should. It's not like these are very difficult words (though I have to admit that I often spell necessary with a double c myself).
I've seen spelling mistakes by tutors in university, but at that stage this won't really affect you any more. I wouldn't want my child to be influenced by bad spelling mistakes

Dubl07

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

You're both wrong. It's k-n-a-c-k-e-r

:-)

Isn't it TRAVELLER nowadays?

Dubl07

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

Yes, I think you should. It's not like these are very difficult words (though I have to admit that I often spell necessary with a double c myself).
I've seen spelling mistakes by tutors in university, but at that stage this won't really affect you any more. I wouldn't want my child to be influenced by bad spelling mistakes

Spelling and grammar are basics for primary school. If a teacher was correcting 4*3=12 and saying it was actually 14 you'd be livid. It's the same with spelling.

johnayo

BillyMitchel wrote: »

The standard of some of the teachers in general is pretty poor. I used to live with some teachers and they'd be clueless when it comes to certain things.

I always took the piss with easy questions that they couldn't answer and once I asked what was the capital of China and they would said Japan or something like that or they say certain countries from South America where in Africa and vice versa.

I wouldn't say they weren't intelligent but maybe just a small bit dim, if that's the appropriate word?!

Fair play Billy. Now thats a nice bit of generalisation you have going there.

Weathering

It is not good enough. I'm from donegal and I'm friends with a teacher from Clare. She knows I'm from Donegal(obviously) and she asked me what did i get in my A-levels,I said what Donegal is in the republic we do the leaving cert too. She was completely bewildered by this. I ripped the P out of her. Before that she used to always ask me how much things cost in Sterling.

FloatingVoter

The inability often comes from not reading. Plenty of teachers (like many others) leave school / college without the slightest intention of ever picking up a book again. Plenty of scientists / architects / engineers also can't spell - the trouble is teachers get caught out like with the OP and also spread their own bad spelling habits like a rash.
They don't have to read Nobel literature prize winners either - just any published novel or decent newspaper editorial would help.

BillyMitchel

johnayo wrote: »

Fair play Billy. Now thats a nice bit of generalisation you have going there.

No it's not! I said some. Read the post before you start making ridiculous comments.