My kid's reading teacher is a bad speller - what would you do?

[coho]

Translation please. I don't know how to spell text lingo.

It's either

B = Bang
H = Her
I = In
T = The
A = A$$
W = What
T = The
F= F&^%

Properly there should be a comma after the 'A' and a '?' at the end, but who is trying to be proper with a statement like that?

And so as not to discriminate, the 'H' could also mean 'Him'  



ken

OR

Big Hairy Italian Toasting A White Tortellini Fresco

You must choose...but choose wisely.  

[jadziadax8]

Translation please. I don't know how to spell text lingo.

Surprising no one?

[Formerly Known as Bigfoot]

what if shes a tank ass?

She's.  

[Mac]

It's either



OR



You must choose...but choose wisely.  

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[clyde]

I'd talk to someone at the school district before she gets tenure; if not, your community will be stuck with a crappy teacher forever.

[Formerly Known as Bigfoot]

I'd talk to someone at the school district before she gets tenure; if not, your community will be stuck with a crappy teacher forever.

Why does this make her a crappy teacher?  She may be the best thing ever for your child, minus her spelling skills of course.  She may actually care about her kids and goes out of her way to see they receive the best education possible.  Some of you are just basically way too perfect and it must be nice.  

[CLAY]

I'd talk to someone at the school district before she gets tenure; if not, your community will be stuck with a crappy teacher forever.

Yeah, that's a bit of a leap...  

[clyde]

Why does this make her a crappy teacher?  She may be the best thing ever for your child, minus her spelling skills of course.  She may actually care about her kids and goes out of her way to see they receive the best education possible.  Some of you are just basically way too perfect and it must be nice.  

Well, hip hip hooray, let's hear it for mediocrity. And that, my friend, is spelled correctly thanks to a teacher who could spell.

[cbsnbiker]

I'm pretty picky about things like spelling and grammar.

But I also recognize that there are capable people out there who may have some real strengths that outweigh something like poor spelling, or who are competent but have disabilities such as dyslexia.

I'd want to know more about this teacher before rushing to judgment.

[bubba zanetti]

Thanks for that.

I would also weigh the child's relationship with their teacher, and the value of maintaining same given age and development. Are you inadvertently undermining the teacher in your child's eyes by discussing this ?  .. etc. What grade is this? I am assuming about grade 2. Is your child only with the teacher for this subject or a range of subjects?

Have you met the teacher?  It is late in the year if you answer no. Why not? Perhaps if you did you might be able to form your own opinions and or offer some feedback based on a relationship instead of just a second hand report? Does your school have a PAC ?  Parent advisory council or PTA, I guess in the US ... invite yourself. Participate. You cannot leave your child's education blindly to anyone. If you have not asked the same questions to other parents that you asked here ... then I would have more questions about you, than the teacher whose spelling you have such issue with.

Just sayin .... easy to make assumptions when one doesn't know the person. Kinda like I just did.

[Formerly Known as Bigfoot]

Well, hip hip hooray, let's hear it for mediocrity. And that, my friend, is spelled correctly thanks to a teacher who could spell.

Again.  You know nothing else about this teacher other than what the OP has posted.  She might be an excellent teacher even if she cannot spell.  Are you maintaining that you can only be viewed as a good teacher if you're an excellent speller?  I too can't stand bad spellers and I would hope a teacher would be able to find her mistakes before handing out assignments and such but this certainly does not mean she is a mediocre teacher.  

[Fourstring]

BF, I'm generally in agreement with you on this, since I don't know the teacher at all.  But two issues-

-it's third grade

-according to the OP, she's a reading teacher.

I'm all for benefit of doubt, but four years of college should prep you enough to spell at an eight-year-old's level.  'Too busy' is not an excuse she would accept from a student, so it has no place coming from her.

[Dan K]

BF, I'm generally in agreement with you on this, since I don't know the teacher at all.  But two issues-

-it's third grade

-according to the OP, she's a reading teacher.

I'm all for benefit of doubt, but four years of college should prep you enough to spell at an eight-year-old's level.  'Too busy' is not an excuse she would accept from a student, so it has no place coming from her.

Hear hear.  (Here?)  

- Dan

[Papa Lazarou]

what I'd do-buy me a plane ticket and get me to come over and sort things.

[jadziadax8]

There is definitely a problem here.  If she is teaching reading and spelling, then her spelling should be superior to her students' abilities.  As a teacher, I always prefer to have people deal with me directly instead of going over my head if there is a problem.  If the mistakes continue to happen and she continues to push it off as being "too busy" to correct them, I would suggest scheduling a meeting with her and her immediate supervisor.

As others have pointed out, it is not a good idea to discuss these issues any more with your son, as it may undermine her classroom authority.  Monitor his homework discreetly.  Keep any assignments that show her poor spelling as evidence if or when a meeting is necessary.

[Papa Lazarou]

She might need a new belt....