To correct a spelling mistake on a school certificate.

[katrina81]

DD who is in year 7 has received a certificate for merits. But they have spelt receive as recieve would it be petty of me to circle it in red pen?

That's one to correct - what a blunder

No, it's a basic blunder (the sort I make far to often)

This is not basic! It's awful. I couldn't let that lie.

Correct it! That would really annoy me.

It's a typo

Circling it with a red pen would be both rude and childish

Why not just send your DD to the office so she can point it out and ask for a different one?

Correct it, but don't expect them even to realise it's wrong. I am fed up seeing spelling mistakes on younger colleagues' worksheets, wall displays. etc. Sadly if I corrected every one, I'd get no time to teach my own pupils!

It's your dd's certificate, what does she want to do with it? Presumably it's hers to keep an no one at the school will notice whether you draw on it or not.

Hopefully at some point though someone at the school will notice it and be suitably mortified.

My ds came home with a letter last year from the head teacher advising of an upcoming day whereby there would be people from various industries visiting and speaking. A list of companies were set out. The part that got me went like this:

"We will be visited by a number of employers from Barclays Bank"

I sent an email to the head and never got a reply.

I used to go into school and ask for a new certificate.

These letters are often typed up by office staff, which is where errors creep in. Hmm

These letters are often typed up by office staff, which is where errors creep in

Not in my experience.
Our office (primary) used to insist that all letters went through them to avoid grammatical errors.

YANBU, I'd be struggling to let that one lie too. Hate, hate hate spelling mistakes.
I'd be itching to correct it with a pen but don't know if I'd go through with it lol!

I don't think I'd dare to correct the certificate (and it's the sort of thing which would have massively upset me as a child, had my mother done such a thing) - but I would be writing a letter to the school and asking them to reissue it with corrections.

When ds1 was in year 4 (aged 9 or 10) he got into trouble for correcting a teacher's spelling mistake. It was a short word beginning with S but can't remember which one. He'll remember I'll ask him tomorrow. Anyway, the teacher told him off!! Needless to say I pulled her up on this. He was right btw.

Another one called him stupid for noticing something in class. I cast a spell on her and she didn't come back after term Well, ds1 and all his friends thought I did because I said I would jokingly and then she really didn't come back

It's a typo not the first sign of the apocalypse.

Send your dd to the office and ask for another one. Somebody will be embarrassed but it's hardly the crime of the century.

It's a typo. If the certificate was produced by a teacher, we get just under 7 minutes per lesson for planning, preparation and marking and so you can see why a typo would be missed. If produced by admin, cuts in budgets mean cuts in staff, and many schools are operating with half of the support staff they used to have. However, the certificate is probably a mail-merge type template and so an email to the school office kindly pointing out the typo will save them future embarrassment and will probably be appreciated.

WooWoo is right what is your DD going to do with the certificate? If it was us it would hang on the fridge for a few weeks until something else came in or the 4 year old drew a masterpiece and then it would get binned or filed away somewhere. The only reason to flag it subtly and nicely is as tintingirl suggests to avoid future mistakes.

Well DD's friend also got a certificate and his had received spelt properly so they must have done some right and some wrong.

I'm not feeling as petty today so I have put my red pen away.