Is it acceptable for a Year 10 English teacher to say this?

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AreolaGrande · 17/04/2024 22:42

"Where was you up to?"

Said to a student in relation to a text.

YABU = yes, it is acceptable
YANBU = no, it is not acceptable.

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Geppili · 17/04/2024 23:12

Who told you this? Or did you hear it yourself?

SarahAndQuack · 17/04/2024 23:00

Don't you think she might have been being colloquial?

I had a wonderful English teacher - Irish by birth - who'd often go into broad Irish to break the mood when we were all getting bogged down in a text. Out of the whole class who did A Level with her, only two of us didn't get A grades. I'm nearly 40 and still have fond memories of Ms C finding yet another way to make us sit up and concentrate!

notyouagainbantu · 17/04/2024 22:59

It's Yorkshire dialect, not ideal in an English class but no worse that 'we was sat' which is used all the time.

MultiplaLight · 17/04/2024 22:57

Shoot her at dawn, there is no other way.

Seriously get over yourself.

TheGiantEmperor · 17/04/2024 22:57

Burn her at the stake!

Whateveer · 17/04/2024 22:56

Couldn't get worked up about it

CinnamonJellyBeans · 17/04/2024 22:51

Shocking! Ask for a refund of the fees you paid.

ThursdayTomorrow · 17/04/2024 22:50

Yes it’s acceptable. Everyone makes mistakes. Maybe she is menopausal and has brain fog. Or maybe he was distracted because of a problem at home. Maybe they were meaning to say one sentence and changed halfway through and it came out wrong. Who knows?
Have you never made a trivial mistake OP? Let it go.

Newrumpus · 17/04/2024 22:48

Said once or said repeatedly?

echt · 17/04/2024 22:44

I think teachers should speak Standard English in the classroom, but what do you want to do about it?

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