AIBU?
To make DD correct all the spelling/grammar errors in her online blog???
wangle99 · 27/07/2007 15:07
DD is 10 and has just started an online blog. Having read it there are so many spelling errors and grammatical errors its making me cringe.
Am I being unreasonable to make her change it???
HonoriaGlossop · 27/07/2007 15:12
I agree with UCM that you need to know what's in the blog and what sites she's visiting but apart from the parental supervision in that way, I think let her have this as her own. Plenty of time for her stuff to be corrected at school and in homework I think.
wangle99 · 27/07/2007 15:17
Oh dear perhaps I will leave it.
She is restricted to what sites she can visit, this blog has been set up on our own hosting so she cannot accidentally click on something 'nasty'.
I am currently resisting the urge to print the whole thing out and mark all errors with highlighter pen
RedtartanLass · 27/07/2007 15:19
Mmm what a difficult one. Must admit I did LOL when I read title.
There's the - No you shouldn't "mark" it side of me. Who thinks it might inhibit what she posts on it. She might find a big word too difficult to spell, so may not bother.
But on the other side, I am a terrible, terrible speller and typist (no really!! ) Noramlly I spell check before posting with my google spell check thingy, but it's disapeared. I would hate to feel my personal thoughts were being marked or picked up on.
However I am being a big hypocrite because when my son recenlty sent me a lovely letter the spelling was immpecable. When I mentioned it, he said that he'd typed it up on word before writting it out, because he knew I'd moan about his spelling!
mm22bys · 27/07/2007 16:07
My first response was to leave it,as it is "private", but reading the other responses, I can see that from a safety perspective you need to make sure she's not making herself unsafe, but correct her "mistakes"? I think, not, it's not like a project, or, shock horror - homework!
kama · 27/07/2007 16:08
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curiouscat · 27/07/2007 16:12
I'd correct the blog. It's never too late to put them on the right track even if they think you're an interfering killjoy.
Can I say that age 8 I changed ds from a state to a private school for various reasons. At the state school they didn't bother about correcting every mistake so as not to demoralise the children.
At the private school my son (now 9) is handicapped as his spelling is atrocious and it affects his history, geography, science EVERYTHING. I'm so pissed off as it's not his fault the first school was misguided. It's such a struggle to make him see it's important. His private school peers have impeccable spelling and grammar and will easily pass their onward exams.
My 2 dd's are at the same state school and I can see the same problem coming up. Sorry for hijack.
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