AIbu to expect my ds1's teacher to set spellings that are spelt correctly?

[caz1010]

My Ds1 receives a weekly spelling test. This weeks words include tinopener - is it not tin/can opener ie two words also mindmap WTF is a mindmap and again a word or two? I give you also fishfinger trafficwarden and milkmen. Need your opinion before i start my snotty letter to school !

Teehee!

Mindmaps and brainstorms are different.

Brainstorms - jot down everything that comes into your head on a certain topic.

Mindmaps - a subject is mapped out on paper, linking thoughts.

Not explaining very well...

At me, not you, verity!

I´ve been living in Germany so long that they are all in danger of looking right

'there is a culture on here of NEVER criticising teachers unless you want to be ripped apart by slavering dogs'

Really?
I must have missed the culture shift.

Dearteacher,

I amconfused. I donotthink tinopener should be spelt asoneword. It looksodd. If you seewhatImean. Fishfinger - as this is a madeupword I will give you the benefitofthedoubt. I am sure that traffic warden is two words though.

Yoursetc,

Caz1010

"Really, it should be milk person.

Really?

So if the individual who delivers my milk happens to be a man this shouldn't be mentioned?

There's nothing in the OP to indicate that the purpose of the list of words provided is to teach a child how to be non gender-specific.

@ olderandwiser

The spelling test was clearly on the theme of compound words (where two words are put together to make one). The teacher must have got carried away trying to make everyword ( see what I did there!) a compound word to meet some ridiculous, no doubt externally imposed spelling scheme. S/he is probably so exhausted from the day to day demands of the job to be able to think clearly. Am married to teacher who works upwards of 80 hours per week and at least half of each holiday (left the profession myself as I wasn't prepared to offer my life to my job)

Definitely say something. Without comment, complaint, feedback - call it what you will - nothing has the chance of changing or improving. I work with teachers (secondary) who can't spell or use words correctly. For example duel used instead of dual or adverbs identified as adjectives. Bought used instead of brought... and many, many more.

I do not always know the correct spelling but will make a point of looking things up and explaining that process.

Oh for heaven's sake

Yes teachers work long hours, are tired etc

so are lots of other people

but if you are unable to do your job properly - and setting spellings for a spelling test which are actually proper words is pretty fundamental - then being overworked and tired is no excuse at all

if you can't spell, how can you teach spelling? fgs

Unfortunately, teachers are merely a reflection of what has happened to the standards of English language teaching in general society over the past two to three decades - i.e. they have seriously declined!

Everyone knows what I mean when I write "c u l8tr", but anyone know what an adjective, adverb, noun or pronoun are without having to google them?!

Soon we won't need to read either as we will simply press a button and the computer will speak the text to us!!

Come to Belgium and your dcs will be taught what a determinant (possessive, demonstrative, definite, indefinite), qualitative adjective, noun (common, proper, compound), pronoun (personal, relative, reflexive), verb (action, state), subject, object (direct, indirect), preposition, adverb, complement (noun, time, manner, place), subject attribute, apposition, conjunction (coordination, subordination), principal clause, independent clause, dependent clause and lots more are, plus all their functions, gender and number. And all by the age of 11 .

They're obviously doing compound words. The teacher has probably tried to link in spellings to the literacy objectives.

(Most) of my year one class could actually define adjective, noun and verb. Adverb and pronoun are year two... .

That was a really crap load of spellings though, OP. I would definitely go and see teacher about it if my son had brought them home.

Speech less.

Are you having a laugh, cumfy?!

YANBU.

But make sure you refer to this week's spellings or you might undermine your own argument. (apostrophe)

Havedecided togo andsee said teacher inthe morning and just doublecheck her space bar is workingcorrectly. . . Just a thought !

Make sure you say thankyou for your time

Goodluck.

Ihopeshewon'tthinkyouarebeingunreasonable.