I found this written in dd's reading diary today ...

[WigWamBam]

"We discussed characters and there personalitys".

[LittleWonder]

I do so hope that was a helper and not the teacher?

[constancereader]

oh dear
was it her teacher?

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

Awww

Sophisticated language, though [bright smile].

[TooTicky]

Written by a teacher?

[belcantavinissima]

oh dear. there is no hope really is there if even the teachers cannot spell!

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

Oh, I see.

NOT dd but an adult.

[fryalot]

if your dd wrote it, well done her.

If, however, twas an adult...

[TigerFeet]

We get stuff like this all the time at dd's nursery - can't think of any examples offhand but there are lots of grocers' apostrophes and other grammatical eyesores.

There are two qualified primary school teachers working in the preschool.

Makes me want to get out a big red pen...

[JackieNo]

Tut (unless it was DD, in which case, as squonk says, well done her).

[WigWamBam]

Sadly, it was the teacher.

[TigerFeet]

Could have been worse...

I wouldn't have been surprised if it had been "We discussed character's and there personalitys"

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

Oh dear.

[tiredemma]

a teacher or a teaching assistant?

if its the teacher I am really shocked

[constancereader]

That is worrying.
I am the first to defend a casual error made by a teacher but this looks more like ignorance. I would mention it to the teacher (if you can bear to..)

[WigWamBam]

I suppose so, Tiger

It was definitely the teacher, not the TA. Although really it shouldn't make any difference - the TAs shouldn't get this kind of stuff wrong, either.

I am very tempted to get the red pen out and correct it ...

[FranSanDisco]

Oh dear !

[mimsum]

ahem - I do correct spelling/grammar mistakes in ds2's homework book (obv I mean spelling/grammar mistakes made by the teacher not ds) - I'm not sure it's endearing me to the staff but hey ho ....

[branflake81]

I don't want to belittle teachers in any way as I think they do a sterling job.

However, I work for the teacher training course at a major university and I am frequently shocked at the students' spelling and grammar. It's appalling. It does not bode well for their future English lessons. What does this mean for the students they teach? Could the days of good old prescriptive pedantry be numbered?!

[hippipotami]

In dd's reading diary a few months ago:
... as their was no picture clues....

I refrained from correcting both mistakes.

[smoggie]

Oh dear

At a recent open day in ds1's school the YR2 teacher had written on the whiteboard an example of the work they set the children when they first arrive in the class before class starts...now, the teacher isn't American but it said "Practise the following spellings" !!
Then, whilst speaking with one of the YR1 teachers, ds1 was eager to tell us about the interactive whiteboard and the teacher said "oh yes you seen it last week didn't you"

[Feenie]

Erm....okay, I'll say it - it SHOULD be "Practise the following spellings." Practise with an s if it's the verb.

The other comment is terrible, though.

[JohnsonsIsBest]

yuck complain to the teacher. I will say I am not one to tell others off for spelling or grammar but teachers should know better so TELL on them PLEASE

[NappiesGalore]

just goes to show that entire generations have grown up with inadequate teaching in this area. i was never taught about grammar. think it was unfashionable or something . i barely know what a verb is. seriously. past participle? you might as well be speaking greek. terms like that are like obscure exotic dishes ive heard of but never tried.
its quite embarrassing really, at times.
makes learning other languages a bit of a challenge too.
ho hum.

[BibiThree]

this kind of thing really gets me down.

DD used to come home from day nursery and in her book would be written
10:00 - Jucie Time

so I wrote in the book that she wasn't to have JUICE, just water, but they took no totice and instead wrote

10:00 Jucie Time (C had water)