to correct American spelling on dd's homework sheet

[m0therofdragons]

Dh is laughing at me because I'm a bit picky when it comes to spelling - I write for a living - and it really irritates me when school stuff comes home with spelling mistakes. Letters I sigh at but let go, however, dd (year 1) had a homework sheet and part of it asked her to color something in. I crossed it out and wrote colour. Aibu to think this is poor? Dd's spellings have also been wrong recently, asking her to learn shute... we taught her chute and shoot, but what if parents don't know it's wrong?

YANBU. Correct spelling and grammar are essential to have if you want a job which uses any form of written communication skills.

Years ago, in my dd's reception class, there were many coloured plastic boxes with written labels describing the contents. One was spelled incorrectly, I pointed it out to the reception teacher who said she'd change it when she had time. A fortnight later the deputy head was standing beside it so I asked again only to be told reception children can't read so it didn't matter. I reminded her my daughter could read and write aged 3 then I made a correct label at home the same size and typeface and took it in quietly at hometime and stuck it on the box. Similar story about 'Computor' labels all over the classroom

Ooooh! Can I have one. He sounds F-A-B!

I went to a US uni and would sometimes get work back with spelling corrections, I'd point out I was English and that my spelling was in fact correct, lol.

I would complain that if there are two ways of spelling something that they should recognise that and not correct me, I can't now reverse that thought just so it suits me. So YABU, sorry! Lol

Ludways At university level you were right, but not at Year 1 level, where British schools should use British spellings.

Of course, you're right but I moaned about it so much at the time I feel I'm betraying my younger self, lol

it's like a creeping tsunami
Yes I will tell my Sri Lankan assistant in the morning that his use of spelling is the same as the thing that killed his mother and destroyed his livelihood. For absolute fucks sake, get out into the actual world away from rural English surburbia and find out how the world works. Then maybe you you would moan less about your free, albeit not great education, housing and healthcare.

YANBU, and come sit over here with me. >pats seat invitingly

And not be quite so snobbish about US spelling as if you are superior, it's just different.

But it isn't just 'different', it's incorrect. Just as GB-English spellings are incorrect in the USA.

Maybe Theodorus is an American living in the UK?

BTW, Sneepy US pints are 16 oz, not 18. Cup = 8 oz, 2 cups = pint, 4 pints = US gallon.

No, but I have lived in lots of places and can't agree with this superior attitude. Unless the Empire is still going and nobody told me.

It isn't a superior attitude, it's a 'that's an incorrect spelling' attitude.

The metric system is another and irrelevant issue. The Americans don't use it!

Theo - bit of an over-reaction isn't it? Learning to spell correctly for the country you live in is hardly being superior . No one is saying colour is better than color - just that colour is correct in the UK and color wrong

CorusKate But the metre is a Frenchified nonsense anyway

Theodorus, it really isn't superior. It is just English, not American. I don't see why it should be superior to want to have your own language acknowledged!

It isn't a creeping tsunami either. The worthies presumably who have such an issue must find it so hard to avoid all Americanisms from contaminating their precious babies.

The teacher may have down loaded what s/he thought was a very appropriate w/sheet.

If this was in pdf form and not in an editable form, are people expecting the teacher to correct the American spellings in ink before p/copying?

I have a similar, but worse moan. My DD was recently given a maths worksheet on area, I found that a significant proportion of the questions were in yards/feet/inches. Not at all helpful, and really rather lazy.

I did on one of ds's recent homework sheets. It was just ignored.. Then the same teacher sent another worksheet home - a calendar with the letter "R" as the abbreviation for Thursday. I have discovered that this is an Americanism.
DS has Learning Disabilities attends a special school and its tough enough for him to learn anything without being confused like this

i definitely would have done. British schools, british people, british spelling.

We're the originals and the best. English is our language. These johnny-come-late americans should just learn how to spell properly. So there.

YANBU. When DD had her two year check recently they sent us some forms to fill in and they were American words like diaper instead of nappy and stroller instead of pram/pushchair and zip code instead of postcode. It irritated me too so I crossed them out and wrote nappy/pushchair/post code. Yes it doesn't really matter and they are just words but it annoyed me a little bit.

Primary teachers work 50 - 60 hours per week and still cannot get everything done. If she missed out an Americanism on an otherwise appropriate worksheet, then you'd be wholly unreasonable to correct it, let alone in red pen. That sort of thing must suck the will to live right out of teachers - and marks the parent out as an intolerant twat. You cannot expect perfection on every fucking worksheet sent home - she may have been using the time she saved not proofreading the worksheet to plan a fabulous science lesson or mark the reading journals.

But mistakes on spelling tests are another matter. (As is sending home a worksheet in yards & inches!!) 'Shute' is wrong. I'd certainly have a word about that.