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Dare me, go on, dare me...

47 replies

marthamoo · 16/05/2006 23:13

(Dh already is...)

It's a bone of contention with me that the letters which come home from school (ds1 for now, ds2 as well, as of September) invariably have spelling, grammatical and/or punctuation mistakes in. For example, the teacher who is Literacy Co-ordinator seems to have no idea how apostrophes work and has signed her name to several glaring apostrophical (OK, I made that up) errors...

Another classic this week: a covering letter and sponsorship form in aid of Art's Week. Three times it's written as Art's week, so not just a one-off typo.

I suggested to dh - and he is begging me to do it now - that on the sponsorship form (two incidents of the error) I add a note to the effect:

Always happy to support school in any way but I have to ask: who is Art and why are we supporting him?

Shall I....shall I?

OP posts:
sparkler1 · 16/05/2006 23:13

Without a doubt! Smile I dare you.

kid · 16/05/2006 23:14

I double dare you!

Jasnem · 16/05/2006 23:14

Please do...maybe we can sponser you to do it.Wink

notasheep · 16/05/2006 23:14

I would

BeetrootOldDeer · 16/05/2006 23:14

pmsl, go one I dare you

edam · 16/05/2006 23:16

Oh, please do! How on earth did they appoint an illiterate literacy co-ordinator?

mrsbang · 16/05/2006 23:19

Yes.

dolally · 16/05/2006 23:50

Yes please do... why o why is it so difficult for people to put apostrophes in the right place?
It's not such a difficult rule after all
And a literacy member of the staff as well...

dolally · 16/05/2006 23:51

Yes please do... why o why is it so difficult for people to put apostrophes in the right place?
It's not such a difficult rule after all
And a literacy member of the staff as well...

dolally · 16/05/2006 23:51

oops, getting repetitive

Blunderwoman · 16/05/2006 23:53

Please, please do!! I double dare you!! Grin

Get her a copy of Eats, Shoots and Leaves for Christmas!

Tortington · 17/05/2006 00:05

you really must. please do - please please please please put a SAE in and say you expect a reply.

dolally · 17/05/2006 00:15

And let us know what reply you get!

quanglewangle · 17/05/2006 00:16

do it Grin

lou33 · 17/05/2006 00:17

send it back corrected in red pen and ask them to see you after school

nannyme · 17/05/2006 00:34

Definitely, definitely do it!

I like lou33's idea too.

MarsLady · 17/05/2006 00:34

Oh you absolutely must. Art's education is at stake. lol Grin

Please.... you have to keep us updated. Grin

kokeshi · 17/05/2006 00:48

lol @ lou33 - actually, I think it's a fantastic idea! Do you know I looked twice at "it's" there to see if I had just given myself a showing up...

cheltenhamgal · 17/05/2006 01:05

I too can't believe the school letters that are sent out with spelling mistakes. Last time a letter advising about the topic subject of "leavers and gears" when it was obviously "levers" grrrr

RTKangaMummy · 17/05/2006 01:07

PMSL GrinGrinGrin

You must deffo do it

and I agree send it corrected and ask for a reply

jampots · 17/05/2006 01:17

definitely do it!

Ds's year 1 teacher once wrote in his home/school record book "James was abscent" so I circled it in red and drew a "sad face" in the margin. She never liked me anyway

And when dd was in year 1 her teacher was writing out the weeks spellings

"ten
twenty
thirty
fourty
etc etc"

I pointed out her error and she argued with me about it until dd pointed out she was in fact wrong!

Oh please do it

Cadmum · 17/05/2006 02:23

You must.

I once sent back a letter to DS1's school with corrections in red; although it was not well received, there were no mistakes in the next letter home.

Please let us know how you get on!

BudaBabe · 17/05/2006 06:15

Do it!!!

I received a letter yesterday about a new after-school football club that had "you're" instead of "your" - produced by football coach who is also a teacher and gives the MOST expensive one-to-one tuition!

As a secretary (in my previous life) I know it is sometimes hard to see glaring errors in something you have produced yourself as you are just too close to it - that's why you ask someone to proof-read it!!

foundintranslation · 17/05/2006 06:47

PMSL at Art - go on, do it Grin

babyonboard · 17/05/2006 09:34

lol do it!..
i've posted this before but it's funny...

In an advert for a sex line in the back of FHM (don't ask why I was reading FHM, and especially why I was reading the dirty ads bit at the back)

"You're Best Mates, Mum?"

Funny in so many ways!