Educators who can't spell

[ncat]

DD's school principal sent an email congratulating a staff member. In the email, principal mentions staff member's role as the "on-sight Athletic Director".

What kind of example is this for the students?

I'm having difficulty ignoring this and not mocking the principal in front of DD, which makes me feel like a terrible person. Principal is new this year and this is not the first frustrating written communication. I miss our old principal.

[mmsmom]

This makes me crazy too. I see it all the time. I know some are honest typos but feel everyone should be proofreading. DS brought something home that needed to be signed from his AGP teacher that had a grammatical error. DH corrected it! I had to send it back and she never said anything but maybe she is more careful now.

[belovedgandp]

ALL THE TIME!

I'll read over it in quick e-mails from a teacher. I'm embarrassed when I look back at some of my posts/e-mails.

But yes, there have been many all school newsletter and flyers that I know had to be seen by at least two people before being sent home.

[SnuggleBuggles]

Dh and I laughed ourselves silly just last week about this. Ds's honors 10th grade English teacher sent an assignment home and stressed how "REALY" important was. She bolded and wrote in all caps just that one word!

[NCGrandma]

Very timely! I recently saw a FB link to DGDs' school newsletter — the link mentioned that local "pubic radio" had a nice story about a school project The actual newsletter was fine but the FB post wasn’t...


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[ncat]

Would it be horrible to reach out to the principal about something like this? Maybe to suggest she recruit a proofreader for this sort of email? Maybe even a small group of students, though I'm not sure many middle schoolers would sign on for that.

All her emails are sent from a no-reply address, so I can't respond directly.

[jal]

It might not be a simply matter of just needing to proof-reading, because I'm feeling pretty bad right now...

I'm an intelligent person... I've earned two degrees in Engineering... and I can't figure out what is wrong with "on-sight Athletic Director".

{oh wait... as I typed the words, now I see it... it should be "on-site" rather than "on-sight"... right?}

[almostmom]

Ha - I couldn't either (so much for my ivy league degree!), but I figured it was the period outside of the quotes instead of inside... but I'm sure you're right about sight...

[trcy]

I know this is a bitching post, so feel free to ignore. I wouldn’t judge this principal on this one, tiny mistake. Things happen. Last year, I posted about how I had used then/than incorrectly in an email to DD’s teacher. Even though I checked my email before I sent it, I didn’t catch it until she responded. I felt like an idiot and I would hate to think she thought I was bad example for DD or her classmates (I volunteered in the classroom) because of a simple mistake.


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[lizzywednesday]

DD's school principal sent an email congratulating a staff member. In the email, principal mentions staff member's role as the "on-sight Athletic Director".

What kind of example is this for the students?
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I would cringe, too. I've actually cringed often with my district.

And I hate the confusion folks have between "sight"/"site" and "peak"/"peek" ... didn't they study homophones when they were children?