dieselhead wrote <<thought the students would become proficient by osmosis>>
HAHA! I suspect the highly paid education administrators that do a lot of
the lesson development
are responsible for that. My daughter spent 2 years pursuing a education
degree. She then spent a few weeks
as a teaching assistant in a real school and decided she'd made a poor
choice. The kids are completely
undisciplined (and cannot be controlled), the lesson plans are prepared by
aforementioned administrators and she
decided to try something else. It was sad to see the spark of excitement
extinguished - she had wanted to be a teacher
for so long and it as crushed by a week of reality. But better then that
later.
You're right about people judging others by what they say and write - like
the old adage goes - "you don't get a second chance to make a 1st
impression."
I was taught to read phonetically in SC then moved to Va when I was entering
the 6th grade. Va had been 'experimenting' with a new reading tool - kids
were taught to memorize words rather to than sound them out.
This meant only words already known could be read properly and easily. It
was agonizing to hear kids around me
read out loud in class as they progressed through jr high school and then to
high school and the osmosis never took affect for them. ;-\ They read like
2nd graders all the way to HS graduation. No wonder they hated reading.
It's surprising any were able to learn anything else - each reading
assignment was awful for them.
I have a pretty low opinion of the administrators who came up with this
nonsense.
That's what our property tax money is used for - "experiments with the
futures of a generation". How incredibly stoopid.
LarryT
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From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:08 PM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] CL award winning ad writer of the day...
They tried the "spell it any way you want; It doesn't matter" crap on
our kids 15-20 years ago in the "best in the state" schools. We told the
kids it does matter, because people do judge you by the way you speak and
write, especially if you want to have a good income. Both are good
writers and speakers now.
That kind of writing may be ok to Alsharpton but the original posing on
this list is proof to me that spelling does matter.
On 11/20/09 4:09 PM, R A Bennell wrote:
Not sure what the status is in the USA but I can tell you that in Canada
in the past 15 years or more, spelling and
grammer have not been considered important in the grade schools. My 21
year old son writes like that and he has a
highschool diploma and a year of trade school college. He is an
apprentice auto tech working in a shop. He works so
many hours and then goes back to the college for a couple of months and
then works more hours etc. He is working on
his 3rd level hours now so he will have 2 more stints in college before
he ultimately is a licences journeyman.
They told them it was more important to get their ideas on paper than it
was to do it correctly at the outset. I
think they thought the students would become proficient by osmosis or
something. In my son's case, it just did not
happen because he was the sort of kid who did not let that sort of thing
worry him. They told him it was Ok so he
did it that way.
Randy
-----Original Message-----
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com
[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Dillon, Meade M CIV
SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC,53310
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:36 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] CL award winning ad writer of the day...
Yeah, I was being rather rude there, but I just couldn't resist a cheap
shot. I suspect that poor spelling and grammar in many cases is the
result of sheer laziness, but it could also be due to something beyond a
person's control ala Wonko The Sane's clients...
Max
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From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com
[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of E M
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:04 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] CL award winning ad writer of the day...
Based on his post, I'd say he's already behind with a few payments.
I've checked a few of my emails after posting, and I know, I have no
right to point fingers or laugh. ;-)
Ed
300E
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I hope his college classes include elementary grammar.
Very respectfully,
/s/
LCDR Max Dillon
'87 300TD 316k miles
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Charleston SC
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