The state of modern education

[eimarra]

Gah! 7yo was showing me completed homework last night. "Language arts"--which, in this case, meant matching sentence halves so the subject agreed with the verb and the sentence made sense. All well and good. Except . . .

One completed sentence was "The chicken layed an egg."

Preprinted educational worksheet. Was this approved at the school-wide level? Or was it just something the teacher found on-line and printed out to go with the lesson she wanted to teach? Either way, a glaring error like that annoys me. Greatly.

I shall be keeping a careful eye on other materials brought home. If such problems continue, we may have to consider whether we can stay on top of such errors or whether a change in school might be called for.

Oh, and 7yo will be discussing the misspelling with the teacher today. Wonder how that's going to go over.

Comments

[slobbit.livejournal.com]

Did you redline it?

*g*

I have, and do.

[eimarra]

I have for other things in the past. (Apostrophes where they didn't belong, for example.) But I shouldn't have to correct the teacher's work!

[cammykitty.livejournal.com]

Uhm, I didn't say this, but a lot of times teachers are teaching in more than one subject area so Language Arts may not really be your teacher's specialty. I sadly have seen misspelled words on vocabulary lists. Not in the definition, the actual word.

[eimarra]

My understanding was that most elementary teachers are supposed to be generalists (aside from, you know, gym or music or art and the like). And quite frankly, I think anyone teaching at any level--let alone teaching second graders--should know how to spell laid.

I believe you on the misspelled words. Wish I didn't.

[cammykitty.livejournal.com]

One would hope.