I corrected a typo on a whiteboard at school today - WIBU?

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We were looking round the fancy new school buildings at my kids' school tonight and there was some teacher writing on a board which included the word "barbeque" [sic]

I was able dextrously to doctor the q to make it a c. I hope this was in order. I also hope the teacher notices

Also, not a typo if handwritten on a whiteboard.

If you're going to make "corrections" at least make sure the word you're changing is actually wrong first!

DS1 had a spelling list the other week that included the word "kimino". I know that Aussie's pronounce it differently, hence wasn't sure if they'd spelt it wrong because of the pronunciation issue, or because the meant the Japanese place of Kimino. So I asked first - sure enough, should have been kimono, was spelt wrong.

YABU and smug. I'm beginning to loathe spelling, punctuation and grammar correctors. There are bigger things to worry about.
What if it was deliberately put there for pupils to spot the mistake? Or as a way of demonstrating alternative spellings?

Oh dear. You've not shown yourself in the best light here OP.
don't be a twat Treat it as a learning experience and move on

Split infinitive?
Op you sound like a pain in the arse.
I am a teacher, does that make any difference?

See, this is the trouble Scrappy. I believe that it is important to aspire to high levels of literacy, but people like OP do the cause no favours

Oh dear, egg on your face OP.

Thing is, I would (and do!) correct signs and misspellings, but in this case it wasn't actually a misspelling! I hope no one saw you - I am cringing on your behalf!

A pp said you sound like a dick. I tend to agree. Ywb a dick.

I am a TA and a parent corrected my spelling of the verb 'practise' in a Homework book. She changed it to the noun 'practice.

I was then left wondering if I should then red-pen her back, but restrained myself. She probably still thinks she's in the right but I kept my dignity

Check you are right before doing this, OP.

just wondering whether I should have messed with the teacher's work...

No, because it wasn't wrong.

I don't like your use of 'messed with' instead of 'changed', while we're at it.

How would you feel if some other teacher did the same to your work/classroom?

Strewth. It's Barbie. YWBU.

Silly OP. I presume you have a smartphone or access to the internet? Then This would have taken you all of a couple of minutes and you would not now be looking like a bit of a twat!

Handy that you won't discuss the spelling, since you're wrong. YWBU.

I would have had a chuckle behind your silly back.

Made yourself look a tad stoopid.

Oops, as my teenagers would say you just got 'owned'!!

It wasn't a "typo". It wasn't even an error as others have said.

I am not open to a debate at all on the spelling

This isn't your class

My Dad is pedantic in the extreme, but even he would not dream of touching a teacher's classroom as he has the utmost respect for the profession.

However, he would be quite likely to take the teacher to one side & politely & with a Cheshire Cat grin on his face, inform said teacher of their error.

There was no split infinitive. 'dextrously to doctor' is not splitting the infinitive - 'to dextrously doctor' would have been more usual (but grammatically wrong) and splitting the infinitive.

HTH

In DC school there are often spelling mistakes and bad grammar on the whiteboard. It's so the DC can correct them both.

DD is 6 so it's simple things like no capital letter or no full stop.

How did you know it wasn't part of a lesson plan

...BBQ?

Narp I would say you have a duty to change it back actually! Else the student won't realise what's in the book is incorrect.