To correct the teacher's spelling?

[Dany0909]

I'm a year 4 TA in a primary school. This year I have a new class and a new teacher.
She's an ok teacher in general, I've definitely worked with better.

Yesterday, she handed out the spelling list and had spelt one of the words wrong. I pointed it out to her privately as I didn't want parents to notice and she got in a huff. She didn't believe me and checked the spelling online before changing it.

Just today, she misspelt three subject-specific words that I'm sure she has been teaching for years so I was surprised she didn't know them. The kids copied them off the board incorrectly but I felt too uncomfortable to say anything.
I'm not going to specify the words so this post doesn't give me away just in case.

Anyway, I'm not really sure what to do. It's annoying because obviously the kids are learning incorrect spellings from her, but at the same time I don't really want to annoy the teacher. I'm not sure if she's dyslexic but surely if you knew you were then you would double check the information you're asking children to copy down. She's not overly nice or welcoming towards me so not sure how to approach it. Should I just leave it???

I know about this because we found my Aunt's jotter while clearing out my grandparents house.
Caused us great hilarity & forever talking about bow naras instead of Bow & Arrows.

Haha I'm totally struggling with this thread because where I come from 'spellings' is not a real thing, it would in fact be considered incorrect. It is simply 'spelling' in my hood. I'm not picking, it's just a comedic mind fuck for me 🤪

That's really awful advice from your tutor. Not only is it nigh on impossible for you to write on the board without children AND the teacher noticing but if you did miraculously get away with it, the teacher will learn nothing and make the same mistakes year on year.

Bet you proof-read the hell out of this before posting OP 😂

There should be a CACKLE WITH LAUGHTER response emoji. The THANKS one doesn't cut it.

We had a head who decided that 'headmaster' was not grand enough and re-branded himself as a 'principle'. Yes, with that spelling. Including on the slides for the new parents information sessions. Luckily we were all far too polite to say anything but he didn't last very long.

My son’s teacher regularly spells things incorrectly, including his name! It drives me crazy

Omg

I'd have withdrawn my child on principal.

Well, when you only have one choice of state secondary school that's not really possible for most parents. So parents just hammered the governers and academy management with letter writing campaigns and complaints and eventually the academy chain saw sense and got rid of him.

Luckily his replacement (a headmistress, none of this silly principal nonsense) is very sensible and is undoing all the nonsense he put in place, like ludicrous uniform and compulsory RE GCSE (in an ostensibly non-denominational school).

Oh my god, that’s awful!

Arghhh this situation would infuriate me so so much.

Of course some people struggle with spelling, but as a teacher one should look up how to spell something if not sure!

This is really unfair on the kids I think and will confuse them in later years when they get corrected for writing the words this way!

I’m not normally a particularly assertive person, but I would definitely let her know gently that the words aren’t spelt like that. You could always soften it with something like, “I always get confused about that one too; I think it’s spelt….”

Then also when you like something that she does, also tell her, “I really liked it when you explained bla bla like that, going to remember that for when I’m a teacher!” so she doesn’t feel too criticised by you (and get defensive)

I worked in Cardiology for my original career, medical homonyms could make serious consequence's.

ileum
ilium

mucus
mucous

peroneal
perineal

vesical
vesicle

As a teacher I’d want you to tell me.

@sashh consequence's?!

Honestly, I can’t believe our parents allowed this. On the other hand my Mum would never dared have challenged a teacher. People that I went to school with still struggle with writing and spelling. Some are really angry about it

Lolol!

‘Consequences’ my friend. 😀

Seen at Manchester Airport this week! 🤯

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhg

I hang my head in shame.

I'd have no issue pointing this out to the teacher tbh.

I am from a different country and my mothertongue is regularly taught in MfL lessons here. I have often corrected the teachers' spelling and grammar on the worksheets my children have brought home.

One of my children got really upset by this as they didn't want to upset their teachers, but unfortunately it came back to bite them in the arse when they were predicted grade 8 in MfL and only landed a 6 in the end, which, I am certain, is at least partially down to the fact their teachers were not well versed enough to spot the many mistakes that they taught in lessons and missed in books,

I really hope you’re joking… ?! Otherwise you might want to look up “principal” versus “principle”!

I think.principle is the right form here, meaning the rule. Principal is.like, the principal of a school. Since we are on.a.thread of SPAG police, I think a vote is in.order. What does everyone reckon - is it principle or principal in the above example?

Oh dear. I am not joking.

I remember it by thinking of a try-hard, cool-guy Principal who wants to be your pal.