Should I correct a teacher?

[Sadgirlonatrain]

In my son's recent geography homework, one of the questions on the sheet referred to the decline of coal mining in the North East.

"How would this of effected the area?"

No wonder the use of 'would of' is so widespread now, never mind the incorrect use of 'effected.'

Would you say anything to the school?

@Diverseopinions but the teacher in question is a geography teacher, not English.

The people who set exams don't agree that there is so much more to teaching than SPAG. They want students to keep retaking their GCSE English and Maths until they pass. If students use consistently incorrect grammar, they might not pass.

The people who set exams are simply following the instructions that they've been given by government.

A percentage of students can never pass - that's how the bell curve works.

Unfortunately despite the money their parents spent on their education most members of the current government seem to be unable to grasp this.

No I wouldn’t say anything directly to the teacher as it’s too late now anyway and my dyslexic colleague will often make mistakes like this.

But if your child is well behaved then I’d get them to write in the proper word with a smiley face.

So the teacher is aware but not in a reprimanding way.

Clearly they're below the top of the curve.
Wasn't it Gove who wanted them all to be above average?

Ah ok that's clearer, thank you. I'm not sure I agree though because pupils might think it's an acceptable alternative way of writing it if the teacher has written it that way.

My dyslexic colleagues would much prefer to be told. They are not ashamed of their dyslexia - they refer to it often to dyslexic students.

A lunch break at 1,40pm @Butteredtoast55 ?

I'm not impressed that a head teacher has time to waste on Mumsnet at any point of their working day, lunch break or no lunch break.

And come back to MN in the evening.

I've never known a head who has had time for this sort of thing in their working day.

Be really interested to know if you are really a head or just like to say so when you post.

Our lunch is 12.35 to 1.35. Today I had my lunch in pm registration time at 1.35 because I have a meeting every lunchtime. I don't have a form. We are entitled to a break.

You think you should dictate what websites someone looks at on their lunch break based on their profession? Fucking hell.

If everyone was as clever as Gove that would of been possible.

I wasn't a head. But when I did have a break I found that my favourite internet forum (not mumsnet!) was a great place to tune out for ten minutes.

My head worked ridiculous hours, and I really hope that she managed to take a few minutes on the day to get her head out into another world.

I find it bizarre that your resent a busy head for having a break to eat a sandwich and check into mumsnet. Would you rather that she worked ten hours straight without a few minutes here and there to tune out? That's a recipe for a breakdown.

My favourite forum kept me sane in my very stressful and niche teaching role. It was an escape for those few minutes.

Yes definitely. The standard of written English from some teachers is terrible. My DC’s teacher produced a whole worksheet discussing coral wreath instead of reef.

*would have 😜

You seem to have missed that lots of posters are deliberately including the same errors in their posts, just for fun!

I would of fort that was obvious.

That's given me the shudders 😂

For all intensive purposes, I think we should ignore the illiterate posters on this thread.

Pacifically, I think we should ignore @jgw1

I just don't appreciate the manor in which some people are posting.

Quite write, MrsHamlet - its discusting

Standard 3 of the Teachers' Standards states that all teachers - no matter what phase or subject - must be able to use correct, Standard English professionally at all times.
The OP should raise it with the headteacher.

The OP should raise it with the headteacher.
The OP really shouldn't. Heads have far more important issues to deal with.
They should raise it with the teacher or the head of dept.

I is outwaged.

stop it know