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?

Teacher's what?

Oh goodness me yes, you have to mention it.

Reasonable adjustments are a legal requirement.

Of course i do - and i strive to do it myself. But, i think in a geography lesson, that there is more important things to worry about.

If you can't afford a tutor, then you can't have one.

Your options would be to teach your child yourself, and/or complain to the school (as if that is magically going to improve the teacher's standards), or just put up with the situation.

Don’t do it. You might have a lot of bias in relation to literacy skills but what impact might your actions have on the teacher?

As a teacher with numerous SpLDs and sensory processing issues, which made carrying out prep work in school hell, having my disability released issues constantly raised saw my self-esteem plummet. It left me with serious anxiety and PTSD around communicating. In the end, I was awarded a support worker from A2W to write email communication on my behalf and to proofread my work and I’m now having therapy to regain my confidence in my own abilities to communicate effectively.

Do you know what it going on behind the scenes with the teacher? Your small exchange might have a life changing and long lasting effect in them.

You reap what you sew. (Or sow if you are tired from working 7am-11pm)

Was this intentionally backwards? It's very funny if so!

Made me chuckle, anyway.

I think it's far more likely they'd discriminate against a dyslexic teacher than creating and paying a non job like that.

But I'm happy to do it if you think it's something that will be funded soon. Just add it to the strike list demands.

I got a letter from the family court today which referred to "the respondent's" plural.

I'd mention it, directly, to the teacher who set the exercise.
Not an email to the head, or anything like that.
Two mistakes in one sentence definitely needs pointing out. It may have been the teacher, in which case she's not humiliated by her line manager- or it may have been careless use of some materials that hadn't been proofread.

First world problems fgs

There’s a certain amount of what might be deemed hypocrisy here. I frequently itch to correct errors on here, but it’s said that, as long as the narrative is readable and understandable, it doesn’t matter.

On the other hand, it’s entirely reasonable to expect a professional to use accurate SPaG for work that is being given to students.

So you'd have no concern about your kids picking up bad grammar and spelling in school lessons, that could stick with them and make the difference between them being considered for employment and being rejected? There are fine margins. These things matter. Communication especially matters.

Rightly or wrongly, people associate ignorance in spelling and grammar with a lack of attention to detail generally. Employers don't want to hire people with poor attention to detail.

A lot of disabled people find they longer have a job or promotional prospects once they start to ask for RAs so they fear speaking up.

Your small exchange might have a life changing and long lasting effect in them.

Yeah, it could lead to them spelling things correctly in lesssons.

It is frankly and unequivocally WRONG - not a matter of region dialect but just wrong in an education setting. By all means use shit English in civilian life but schools and teachers should use correct grammar.

Do we really not want better for our children? Are we ashamed for our children to achieve excellence?

@Receiptsplease at what point did I say someone needed to have that as their entire job?

Nope, because I’m not a wanker.

The sew/sow comment is unintentionally hilarious.

Brava! You made me smile.

Poor teachers.

No I wouldn't raise it. Wholeheartedly agree with @Bellaboo01

There is much more to a teacher than SPAG.

On a side note; I know someone who didn't hire a particular chef for their wedding because communication on various menu options included spelling mistakes!!

Teacher here
yes it’s an error and a mistake not the end of the world.
I’m surprised at the amount of responses saying they would complain. It just makes me think you haven’t got enough to worry about and you really don’t like teachers.

Just write a note next to the question and say the wording is wrong and I am sure the teacher will see their mistake.
If this was me I would see the note and ask the kids can they spot my mistake.
to COMPLAIN is ridiculous 🙄
get a grip people

Of course you should raise it. As written, it makes no sense. We know what it should say but they wouldn't expect the students to turn in homework which needing clarification so why should the teachers be exempt?

Which needed 😄

Part of the job of a teacher is to teach correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. Whichever subject they're teaching, if it involves written work then they should be doing this correctly to set a good example.

You don't teach children one way to write/ spell in English and then do something completely different in Geography - that's incredibly confusing for children. All written work is important.

If the teacher can't spell or use grammar correctly e.g. because they're dyslexic, then by the time they are qualified they should be aware of that and have found ways around it in order to enable them to teach (seeing as this is literally their job).

They should be having work spell checked before distributing it to children as a matter of course.