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It is the 21st Century. This is bullshit!

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Dinosaurshoebox · 05/09/2025 20:44

My daughter started a new school.
She has come home with 3 seperate sets of paper.

Each with 2 pages printed front and back.

2 of the are the exact same.

Why the fuck do I have to wrote out her address 3 seperate times?! Why do i have to wrotes my email 4 times?! Her name so many times..
And on and on.

Im not doing the duplicate one. They can look at the other one.

But seriously its 2025! There should be a better system.

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Dinosaurshoebox · 06/09/2025 17:57

WonderfulSmith · 06/09/2025 17:53

In all the time you’ve been on here bitching and pissing you could have filled the forms out and be onto your second g&t.

I've had a very productive day.
The forms are as completed as they're going to be.
And I don't drink.

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Dinosaurshoebox · 06/09/2025 17:55

TimClaypole · 06/09/2025 17:53

I don't know if its a shitty childhood or not enough action in the bedroom but trust me you need to work on you more than I need to worry about my typing

What a thing to say. And you work with vulnerable kids and presumably some victims of trauma 😳 Goodness.

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Well she's not one of my kids. I have a life outside of school.

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Gladysknightjustwalkinmyshoes · 06/09/2025 17:55

WonderfulSmith · 06/09/2025 17:53

In all the time you’ve been on here bitching and pissing you could have filled the forms out and be onto your second g&t.

Or made a tinfoil hat for tonight in readiness to howl at the blood moon 🐺

Burnout50 · 06/09/2025 17:54

nomas · 06/09/2025 17:33

I don’t know about Android, but iPhone autocorrect is the most un-intuitive pile of rubbish I’ve ever had the misfortune of using.

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I'm android all the way.

Autocorrect is a bit of an arse, and often wrong... but in my experience it doesn't make up words...

TimClaypole · 06/09/2025 17:53

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I don't know if its a shitty childhood or not enough action in the bedroom but trust me you need to work on you more than I need to worry about my typing

What a thing to say. And you work with vulnerable kids and presumably some victims of trauma 😳 Goodness.

WonderfulSmith · 06/09/2025 17:53

In all the time you’ve been on here bitching and pissing you could have filled the forms out and be onto your second g&t.

nomas · 06/09/2025 17:51

InMyHealthyEra · 06/09/2025 17:44

Your reply tells me everything I need to know. You’re not a teacher OP, I don’t care why you’re lying, just stop.

You really think an old Germanic word used in the 18th century and which meant the snout or nose of an animal would be coded into modern keyboard autocorrect software? Even if it was, it wouldn’t be corrected from “wrote”

Another poster pointed out that IOS autocorrect is ridiculous but I’ve tested mine repeatedly, “wrotes” is autocorrected to either “write” or “write a”.

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You think teachers don’t make typos?

Also, people’s autocorrect bank of words can differ.

My autocorrect is an absolute pile of rubbish, I cannot rely on it at all.

This is a chat forum, not a spelling bee, nobody should be expecting or demanding perfect SPAG here.

Down with spag ‘pendants’, huzzah!

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Dinosaurshoebox · 06/09/2025 17:46

TimClaypole · 06/09/2025 17:40

They are not typos. The OP clearly struggles with spelling. She would not be getting such critical responses about her poor spelling and grammar, if she were not behaving so aggressively and in such an obnoxious manner.

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Aggressive?
I would say its the absolute height of aggression and obnoxiousness to come to a post online and critique someone's spelling for no reason at all.
It doesn't benefit anyone and is done with the sole I twntion to shame and humiliate.

Your issue isn't that I am standing up for myself against your awfulness its that I didnt break and cower.

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InMyHealthyEra · 06/09/2025 17:44

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Your reply tells me everything I need to know. You’re not a teacher OP, I don’t care why you’re lying, just stop.

You really think an old Germanic word used in the 18th century and which meant the snout or nose of an animal would be coded into modern keyboard autocorrect software? Even if it was, it wouldn’t be corrected from “wrote”

Another poster pointed out that IOS autocorrect is ridiculous but I’ve tested mine repeatedly, “wrotes” is autocorrected to either “write” or “write a”.

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Dinosaurshoebox · 06/09/2025 17:44

CommissarySushi · 06/09/2025 17:42

I hope you have someone to spell check you at work.

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Its called grammarly

100% reccomend to everyone.

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nomas · 06/09/2025 17:44

CommissarySushi · 06/09/2025 17:42

I hope you have someone to spell check you at work.

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You can’t spell check someone, you can only spell check their spelling.

nomas · 06/09/2025 17:43

TimClaypole · 06/09/2025 17:40

They are not typos. The OP clearly struggles with spelling. She would not be getting such critical responses about her poor spelling and grammar, if she were not behaving so aggressively and in such an obnoxious manner.

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99% of OP’s spelling is fine so she clearly can spell properly.

Autocorrect technology isn’t perfect, it doesn’t correct every word to the correct word.

CommissarySushi · 06/09/2025 17:42

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I hope you have someone to spell check you at work.

TimClaypole · 06/09/2025 17:40

nomas · 06/09/2025 17:35

There’s nothing wrong with her English, don’t be supercilious. Everyone makes typos.

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They are not typos. The OP clearly struggles with spelling. She would not be getting such critical responses about her poor spelling and grammar, if she were not behaving so aggressively and in such an obnoxious manner.

nomas · 06/09/2025 17:35

InMyHealthyEra · 06/09/2025 16:04

@Dinosaurshoebox If you genuinely are a teacher, you don’t teach English do you?!

There’s nothing wrong with her English, don’t be supercilious. Everyone makes typos.

nomas · 06/09/2025 17:33

Burnout50 · 05/09/2025 21:13

I hear you on the pointlessness of some stuff...

But...

Autocorrect never said wrotes... it's not a word...

I don’t know about Android, but iPhone autocorrect is the most un-intuitive pile of rubbish I’ve ever had the misfortune of using.

Dinosaurshoebox · 06/09/2025 16:12

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InMyHealthyEra · 06/09/2025 16:04

@Dinosaurshoebox If you genuinely are a teacher, you don’t teach English do you?!

clotheslinefiasco · 06/09/2025 12:57

Jauntyangles · 05/09/2025 21:03

What would you do with the time saved?

cure cancer?
solve world peace?
sort climate change?

or y’know scroll?

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Or perhaps learn how to spell 'separate' ... just sayin'

MrsSkylerWhite · 06/09/2025 12:46

SerendipityJane · 06/09/2025 10:58

It's almost as if there's no climate crisis, isn't it ? If we can waste precious resources on shit like this.(While children go hungry).

All my hospital letters come with an extra blank page and have done since I first complained 20 years ago. Apparently there is no carbon footprint, so that's OK then.

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Is paper not more environmentally less damaging than ever increasing amounts of tech requiring rare minerals?

Jauntyangles · 06/09/2025 12:43

“ Masterbate.”

It probably the best for humanity.

SerendipityJane · 06/09/2025 10:58

Dinosaurshoebox · 05/09/2025 20:44

My daughter started a new school.
She has come home with 3 seperate sets of paper.

Each with 2 pages printed front and back.

2 of the are the exact same.

Why the fuck do I have to wrote out her address 3 seperate times?! Why do i have to wrotes my email 4 times?! Her name so many times..
And on and on.

Im not doing the duplicate one. They can look at the other one.

But seriously its 2025! There should be a better system.

It's almost as if there's no climate crisis, isn't it ? If we can waste precious resources on shit like this.(While children go hungry).

All my hospital letters come with an extra blank page and have done since I first complained 20 years ago. Apparently there is no carbon footprint, so that's OK then.

Sahara123 · 06/09/2025 10:54

Speaking as someone who has worked in a school office for several years there will be reasons for this. We had weekly meetings where suggestions for improvements will be discussed , so if changes were needed they will have been discussed. They are doing what works for them, it might seem archaic to you but it’s what school needs. . Please just roll your eyes little bit then fill the forms in and send them back. Not doing it or not completing everything just creates more work for the person who collates everything.

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Dinosaurshoebox · 06/09/2025 10:42

Pickleoh · 06/09/2025 00:54

Oh love. You’re not a teacher. You don’t even have a grasp of English….

wrotes (autocorrect just tried to correct that to writes)

masterbates….

My PGCE and Job say otherwise but crack on. Dodgy typing was never a part of the interview and trust me if you'd spent anytime at all around teachers (who are actual
humans) you'd know that many many struggle with spelling, especially the dyslexic ones.

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