re: If your kids' teacher couldn't spell..

<blockquote><b>Quoting redneck mamma:</b>" If you know how to write your first name without no help practice your last name then your middle name. ... [snip!] ... worried for the children being taught by this teacher. I would definitely call someone at the school and address your concerns."</blockquote>


I am going to call tomorrow. I am shocked and disgusted that this is even acceptable and that they would even send this home in a TYPED homework assignment. And also.. The one about laying their clothes out, my phone auto corrected it. They spelled clothes as "cloths"

Is it possible it's an assistant doing it, not the teacher?

Just wondering, because I know here, our free headstart program has high school kids come in for work experiance and these are the kinds of things they do (the paper work, notes home, etc.)

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mommy of a giggler!:</b>" Is it possible it's an assistant doing it, not the teacher? Just wondering, because I know here, our ... [snip!] ... has high school kids come in for work experiance and these are the kinds of things they do (the paper work, notes home, etc.)"</blockquote>




A high school kid with a good education shouldn't make those mistakes either.

Quoting Mommy of a giggler!:" Is it possible it's an assistant doing it, not the teacher? Just wondering, because I know here, our ... [snip!] ... has high school kids come in for work experiance and these are the kinds of things they do (the paper work, notes home, etc.)"

The teacher should still be looking at it before it went out the door.

<blockquote><b>Quoting speaktruth2powr:</b>" The teacher should still be looking at it before it went out the door."</blockquote>




Agreed. This is why.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mommy of a giggler!:</b>" Is it possible it's an assistant doing it, not the teacher? Just wondering, because I know here, our ... [snip!] ... has high school kids come in for work experiance and these are the kinds of things they do (the paper work, notes home, etc.)"</blockquote>



No, they have 3 teachers and the director on site. Other than that no one else works with the kids except other parents. Even if they did you would think they would proofread their work. I don't know.

I would not go on that alone.....many brilliant people cant spell or have troubles with grammar. I would not off and call her stupid or uneducated and be mean to her,. for being truly educated and intelligent is to recognize with an open mind that all people have strengths and weaknesses, and to have diplomacy and understanding, and it would make you look not so smart (not saying you would do that,. but just saying),.

I had 2 teachers who could not spell but gave me a great education in working with numbers and instilled in me a love of Mathematic problem solving and Science,. I myelf sometimes struggle with wording and grammar (English not being my first language),. perhaps she has a lot to offer your child that you might be dismissing because of one side of the equation.

Quoting DisneyMommyTTC#3:" I would not go on that alone.....many brilliant people cant spell or have troubles with grammar. I would ... [snip!] ... first language),. perhaps she has a lot to offer your child that you might be dismissing because of one side of the equation."

Nobody said go tell the teacher she failed or said be mean to her.

And in the head start program (which is like a pre-k type program), they are required to teach general education. So she needs to be educated in ALL areas before she turns around and teaches these children in ALL areas. If she were JUST a math teacher, it wouldn't concern me. Or JUST a science teacher. It's the fact that this teacher is the class' FIRST exposure to learning and she can't spell, use proper forms of words, or use proper grammar. And if this is how she writes, we can only imagine how she speaks. These children learn the most in the first five years of their life. They're learning the essentials that build a foundation for their entire life right now, and I personally would not want my child learning from his teacher to say "If you can write without no help..."

There is someone in charge of the program that she can express her concerns to privately and they can take care of it from there and that's what she intends to do.

Quoting Blair Waldorf (SuperKink):" Nobody said go tell the teacher she failed or said be mean to her. And in the head start program (which ... [snip!] ... that she can express her concerns to privately and they can take care of it from there and that's what she intends to do."

I have a high school child and a 2nd grade child,. in my experience with their schooling, there have been terrible and great teachers over the course of the 11 years I have had children in the school-system ,. but none,. even in Pre-K,. made or broke their learning and education...and it was always the office admin. that typed up all papers sent home, might be the office staff not the teacher.

Quoting DisneyMommyTTC#3:" I have a high school child and a 2nd grade child,. in my experience with their schooling, there have ... [snip!] ... education...and it was always the office admin. that typed up all papers sent home, might be the office staff not the teacher."

I've honestly never heard of the office admin typing up papers for the classroom. It's always been the teacher's responsibility to do that. The office may make copies for them, but that's it. The teacher was always responsible for the original version.

Quoting Blair Waldorf (SuperKink):" I've honestly never heard of the office admin typing up papers for the classroom. It's always been the ... [snip!] ... to do that. The office may make copies for them, but that's it. The teacher was always responsible for the original version."

I guess that just up to the individual district/school,. in my childrens schools the office does everything,. my ex MIL works in a school and the teachers do it at her school,. just sayin' it might be someone beside the teacher that cant spell or use grammar,.if the teacher is truly terrible maybe a class transfer would be in order.

I wouldn't be too worried about it. My best friend is a day care supervisor, ECE trained with a degree... but she has a learning disorder. She is awesome with children, planning crafts, doing circle time but was never the greatest at academics or grammar. I don't think this is something to worry about at the preschool level since they are just learning their abc's and numbers ect. At least it's something you don't have to read to her and you will be reading first so you can correct it.

Using "no" instead of "any" is dialect, not because of a learning disability. As a teacher we were always taught to respect a child's dialect (verbal) and not to correct it but to always, always, always model proper grammar (verbal and written).

Quoting Amelia Margaret:" Using "no" instead of "any" is dialect, not because of a learning disability. As a teacher we were always ... [snip!] ... a child's dialect (verbal) and not to correct it but to always, always, always model proper grammar (verbal and written)."

She is a teacher, thus she should be modelling proper grammar (verbal and written).

I personally wouldn't say anything, if I did anything I would move my child to a different school. All you will be doin is possibly offending someone, which could create a negative environment for you child. If you feel it's nessasary to speak up, then I would contact someone in administration, not the teacher directly.

I honestly would hope that she has a student helper doing this and isn't doing it herself. But teachers are human too, and while I have my teaching credentials... I make mistakes too.