To expect a teacher to string a coherent sentence together ?

[80sbabe]

Dd 1 (year 3) came home last night with homework for a class history project.

They have been asked to choose a historical figure and put together a fact file on them including the following information :
"How were there family?"

What on earth is that supposed to mean ?

Now I appreciate I am a bit of a pedant, and I've already had words with this teacher before about spelling mistakes and grammatical errors in reports and homework comments.

However, this one is beyond me, being as it is utter nonsense.

AIBU to expect to be able to understand what information the teacher is requiring and for that teacher to check instructions before sending them home ?

How were there family... The famous person's parents created the family by getting married & having children?

I'd speak to the Head.

Homework book came home yesterday with the following comment 'I would like to be there to, it look's lovely'

Luckily, WhipmeIndiana, my friends who are teachers ARE well read, literate and knowledgeable.

I like to think - or hope- that they are the majority...
But some of the corkers on here make me wonder!

Donnie, sometimes you do use the plural part of the verb when talking about a singular entity, eg the government, the police, the staff. So saying who were the family is not actually incorrect.