To think that DD1's teacher should not write "You're ideas are good" in her literacy book?

[MrsSchadenfreude]

FFS!

I was going to say what are you going on about, what is wrong with good ideas and then the penny drop.

No you are definitely not being unreasonable.

you are not being unreasonable

it's a joke

say something

correct it in red pen and send it into school - sheesh !

I have asked DH to say something. I would probably shout!

Shout?

I would shoot.

Agree with MAS - red pen and SEE ME written at the bottom.

Write underneath "Your grammar is not" and send it back...

YABU to get so worked up about it - a jokey word will suffice because the teacher will be mortified when she sees it (we all make mistakes).
Unless of course she doesn't see what's wrong and then you should box her ears.

I would look and see if the error is repeated. If not it could be a typo. If her written comments are often incorrect I would try to address the problem a little more politely than scrawling in the book.

If it's the first time she's done it then it may be a slip of the pen - even the most ardent of pedants amongst us have been known to slip up now and again

I would circle it,and put an exclamation mark next to it, and see what the teacher responds. If it was a legitimate error then like Ali says she will be very . If she asks you WHY you've done it then complain to the head!

I'd be just as worried about use of 'good' for a comment about LITERACY! Doesn't the teacher know any other words, or at least have access to a thesaurus?

Are dd's ideas actually 'good' (as opposed to evil) or are they 'interesting', 'exciting', 'clever', 'unusual' or 'well thought out'? Fair enough the teacher is busy but I hate seeing 'good' everywhere (except for message boards, where it's extremely easy and good to use good )

I am honestly surprised at the number of people who would correct the book themselves. It seems so hostile and superior to do this - after all it could be a genuine error. People make them all the time. The teacher could easily have been doing fifteen other things at the same time as writing that comment. If there are real problems with the teacher's literacy standards then the problem should be addressed in an adult manner imo.

Hear hear, constancereader.

If you can't see the teacher (or don't want to) put a note on a post-it next to the offending comment. 'See Me??'

She is a teacher and should not be making elementary mistakes of this kind. Does she not know what "you're" means? Does she not stop to think what the apostrophe represents?

Bloody GCSE generation now old enough to be heads of faculty and texting generation old enough to be getting jobs - this is the result...

I agree with constancereader. I'm a bit of a pedant myself, and can usually spot an error at 10 paces. But I have been known to use the wrong kind of there/ their etc. when I'm in a hurry or distracted. It's not a hanging offence, is it? Even literacy teachers are human!

Remember that the teacher probably has about 25-30 literacy books to mark each day and the same amount of numeracy books. After a while your brain goes a bit numb you know =)

UQD - I am certain she knows what "you're" means, and what the apostrophe represents! (And I don't even know the woman). Don't you think this was probably just an error? You know, a mistake? Something we all, surely, make from time to time?

Agree with UQD.

Elementary mistakes are a bit galling from a teacher, that's all.

Probably. I'm just a miserable old fart...

I still think it's not the kind of error you make if you know English properly though. There/their is in the same category.

I often have to stop and think about whether it's judgement or judgment. Apparently both are OK. And indispensible or indispensable (the latter). But these are minor, I think...

A bit galling, yes. But surely understandable? I don't see why teachers should be any different from the rest of us, in terms of making an error now and again. I don't believe that teachers are necessarily superior intellectually.

UQD - believe me, it is the kind of error you can make, even if you know English properly. Like I said, I occasionally (not often!) type the wrong "their/ there" when I'm firing off a quick email at work - and I have a degree in English. It's just a mistake. A lapse in concentration.

I am perfectly and precisely aware of differences between there/their/they're, but sometimes find myself starting to write the wrong one.

People are only human. Plus teaching involves a huge number of skills that aren't purely academic and maybe can't even be taught: stuff like empathy, leadership, patience, etc. A teacher good on those people skills I can forgive for the occasional grammar oversight.

It maybe she was going to write something else and got distracted...circle it by all means.

You should add: "and your spelling is c**p".
But more importantly you should point out the error to your dd.

I agree with UQDad. Think we might write something in the home/school diary - not in the book itself and not in red. (Red cannot be used in school any more, didn't you know? It's too aggressive apparently!)

Her spelling can be a bit hit and miss on occasions as well, but DD1 usually points this out herself! ("Aligator" being a recent example.)