to shudder when I hear DS1's teacher speak

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I've been to see DS1's yr5 teacher this afternoon and had a generally good meeting.

I have no problem at all with her as a teacher and DS1 is thriving in her class, but her spoken grammar is dreadful.

TBH, DS1 is never going to have perfect Queen's English, having the parents he does and living where we do, but this is from a teacher. I'm more than capable of dropping in an "ain't" or dropping an "H", but do speak properly (enough) in a professional situation.

She doesn't seem able to keep her speach in check. She has a particular problem with done instead if did and during our short meeting used it several times. e.g "DS1 done well in Science today." "The whole class done Maths yesterday afternoon"

AIBU?

YANBU. I would be horrified by this from a teacher.

YANBU!

No I don't think you are. Accents/local dialect etc all play a part, but basic grammar should be adhered to imo.

YANBU imo. I would hate that. I feel teachers should be able to use correct grammar when speaking. I would not want my child listening to that every day.

I wouldnt like it, but I cant see what you can do about it.

YANBU. I would expect a teacher to speak properly in a professional capacity.

YANBU from a teacher, although I do know several TA's who speak like this unfortunately. Not really sure what you might be able to do about it though.

YANBU. I am a teacher and I am horrified at some of the things I hear. I even had to tell an ENGLISH teacher last week that alot isn't a word.

When my son was in year 1 he brought home a worksheet. It was a little questionairre about their favourite toy.

Question 3 was "How old was you when you got this toy?"

I showed it to the Head and thought she was going to have a coronary Lol.

God help the member of staff who wrote it when she caught up with them

YANBU. I'd be looking for another school.

is that reflecting the local dialect where you live?

Did you know you can get into uni to do B.Ed for Primary Teaching with C and D grades in your A levels? I was amazed to find this out recently.

[wanders back to the subject] still that's not got much to do with how they speak, I suppose.
But you'd have to wonder why the school gave her the job ...

YANBU - it makes my teeth itch! I like the teachers to be fairly casual with the children and don't expect (old fashioned) BBC presenter standards - but things like did/done ... it's not acceptable is it.

However as you say, he's thriving in her class :) I would leave well alone, a good teacher is worth more than having to correct the odd done/did at home :)

Mutz - bloody hell - written down, that really takes the

Estuary English.
Elocution lessons should be part of all teacher training, and how to speak and write fluent Standard English.

And kevlar for when parents decide that teachers are being disrespectful about their speech patterns.

Nadia, Ithat's not really relevant is it?

I have appalling A-levels, but I speak properly and I am a good teacher.

I wonder (and with no disrespect to you op, honestly!!!!) but given what you say re area is there any chance that teacher was deliberately trying to make common ground with the parents in the meetings and was maybe trying to avoid sounding to like a head teacher or something

NadiaWadia
'Did you know you can get into uni to do B.Ed for Primary Teaching with C and D grades in your A levels? I was amazed to find this out recently.'

Did you know that you can get five A* at A level and still sound like an extra from Eastenders, Hollyoaks or The Misfits?

As a TA I would spend all day correcting it. Things like that really grate on me. It like Scott Mills and his "so and so OFF OF". TWAT

It's like. FFS :)

ll31, I do tend to avoid using 'whom' in general conversation.

YANBU, she needs to be setting an example. I have nothing against accents, but the grammar should be correct.

mutznutz - that is shocking. How can it be acceptable for a teacher to have such a poor standard of written English? Lordy.

Sounds like London or somewhere South...it's common but not dialect...I would complain. It's crap...teachers NEED to speak properly.