tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481960934450782247.post4581200911953673197..comments2023-05-17T02:37:00.813-07:00Comments on tiangotlost.blogspot.com: I want to be a teacher, not!tianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696711693095229683noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481960934450782247.post-81016081243192055772006-09-15T14:37:00.000-07:002006-09-15T14:37:00.000-07:00Sadly, none of that surprises me.Have you read Tar...Sadly, none of that surprises me.<br><br>Have you read <a href="http://www.tard-blog.com/" rel="nofollow">Tard Blog</a> or <a href="http://www.slowchildren-atplay.com/" rel="nofollow">Slow Children At Play</a>? Great stories about teaching sped kids.oddharmonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656207160313116102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481960934450782247.post-4518052066554676482006-09-16T14:20:00.000-07:002006-09-16T14:20:00.000-07:00Tian, I teach English myself and I think you'r...Tian, I teach English myself and I think you're being a bit harsh. Some of those notes truly were a mess, but for the most part the grammatical errors are simply instances of using oral speech, which rarely follows prescriptive grammar rules, even for educated people.<br><br>As for spelling, that would be the <i>least</i> of my concerns, especially in this age of spell-checkers. <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/SpellingMistakes/MistakesFamous.htm" rel="nofollow">Even great novelists misspell words</a>. If stalwarts such as Emily Dickinson and John Milton have misspelled words such as "independent" and "eyes", spelling isn't the first thing I'd worry about when teaching a 12 year-old. <br><br>The majority of the spelling mistakes in the papers I saw seem to be phonetic. It could account for some of the grammar errors, too.<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=243282572&size=o" rel="nofollow">This student</a>, for example, seems to have written "bein'" as "been". <br><br>Anyway, the part I found most disturbing was this excerpt:<br><br>"Johnny threw paper at me so I threw one back, but I accidentally hit Carlos in the head. I didn't mean to hit him I meant to hit Johnny because he hit me. So I see why you kept me after class"<br><br>WTF!!? It's like he thinks that if he'd just managed to hit Johnny instead, everything would have been fine.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06100574985701058107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481960934450782247.post-18498393345798481582006-09-17T00:33:00.000-07:002006-09-17T00:33:00.000-07:00Theyre just kids after all. Thank the internet and...Theyre just kids after all. Thank the internet and msn for their grammer problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481960934450782247.post-61531962776056242192006-09-17T19:48:00.000-07:002006-09-17T19:48:00.000-07:00I also think that you are a bit harsh on the gramm...I also think that you are a bit harsh on the grammar and stuffs. Kids who grow up in North America don't learn about grammar rules until at least they are in high school, if they are lucky. During my first year at university, I knew people who didn't know the difference between "it's" and "its". <br><br>And if they are "special kids", wouldn't you think that it's more important to teach them how to act accordingly, than to teach them how to spell properly?Angelahttp://angechrissy.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481960934450782247.post-52135864637517431092006-09-17T23:03:09.596-07:002006-09-17T23:03:09.596-07:00Yes, these are "special" kids, for me to...Yes, these are "special" kids, for me to critique their spelling skills is unfair. <br><br>Perhaps we should start with teaching them how to masturbate in their own privacy like this guy did with his nephew:<br><br><a href="http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2006/09/im_getting_tall.html" rel="nofollow">http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2006/09/im_getting_tall.html</a>tianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696711693095229683noreply@blogger.com