By leah_kascar - 22/08/2016 01:45 - United States - Hialeah

Today, in the class I'm teaching, I assigned my students an essay to complete for homework. One student asked me if I was deducting points for bad spelling. I teach English. FML
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Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
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RabbitOfAurora 28

I think that's a fair question depending on the class and what kind of teacher you are. Because if the point if the essay was say, structure. You might take the pressure off of them by forgiving a few spelling errors. I know I had teachers in high school that delayed whole exams by a week because the class as a collective didn't feel prepared and wanted more time to study.

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socialproduct 19

If it's a typed essay, there's really no excuse for spelling errors.

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wow2mylife 25

seeing you from Florida that a fair question considering the standards sorry mad at it rn going to get voted down

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Enira_fml 3

Actually, that's a somewhat relevant question, as in creative writing tasks, you may want them to be focusing on the content, genre or other skills than grammar and spelling. This didactic technique can be very liberating for students who struggle, particularly younger ones.

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leah_kascar 8

I teach 10th grade English. Everyone in my class should know basic grammar already.

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leah_kascar 8

No it's not because my class isn't intensive. It's a normal class and I've made it very clear that good grammar is required on everything.

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Echosence 1

Why isn't a marking scale avalible to your students?

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Idontevenknowwhattoput 4

Sounds like most of my english classes were. Hang in there op! If you're lucky you might get a grammer nazi Shakespeare nerd like me eventually. Until then I'm afraid you'll probably have the challenging job of drilling a love of English into them. Also, this is why I'm never teaching highschool. :/ There is no individually or free thinking. Good luck to you op.

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leah_kascar 8

My tenth grade English class is not intensive, and I've made it very clear that good grammar is required on everything.

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