Internet entrance test
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I love seeing people bicker on the internet, it's never long before someone says "Your an idiot!" 
Spell checker does a good job of picking the wrong usage of its and it’s consistently.
However, the spell checker is not totally to blame. We have a couple of generations of english teachers who are guilty of teaching improper usage.
I’m by no means perfect, I admit that, but some people’s grammar is like fingernails on a blackboard.
Another thing that drives me crazy is the use of the word “like” at the beginning of just about every thought.
However, the spell checker is not totally to blame. We have a couple of generations of english teachers who are guilty of teaching improper usage.
I’m by no means perfect, I admit that, but some people’s grammar is like fingernails on a blackboard.
Another thing that drives me crazy is the use of the word “like” at the beginning of just about every thought.
Whomever is to blame, I've given up on cringing when I hear pronouns misused. It was exercising the wrong muscles. Have me stomach cramps.
- Will (Dragonfly)
- Will (Dragonfly)
OK, that hit a nerve. It's not the teachers who are guilty, but the politicians who tell teachers how and what to teach so their students can pass some state mandated tests or risk losing their jobs. The teacher's jobs, that is.
Disclaimer: I retired in 2010 from teaching math to middle schoolers after 32 years. Miss the kids
, don't miss the bureaucratic BS. 
That explains the misplaced apostrophe.
OK, you got me. That's why they didn't let me teach English.That explains the misplaced apostrophe.
It's always the government's (i.e., politician's) fault... is the common lament, regardless of how good or poor is the grammar. Therein lies the real problem.
Most teachers are excellent at their jobs, however, some aren't doing much more than filling a position in need, preventing someone with real talent from greying their position.
Whether the state or federal standards are appropriate, there should be standards and the administrators need to be able to hold their teachers to some form of accountability.
- Will (Dragonfly)
Whether the state or federal standards are appropriate, there should be standards and the administrators need to be able to hold their teachers to some form of accountability.
- Will (Dragonfly)
Hey, I was married to a lady who taught high school history and French for 33 years. There were a lot of school year weekends and nights spent doing the unpaid part of her job because she was truly dedicated.OK, that hit a nerve. It's not the teachers who are guilty, but the politicians who tell teachers how and what to teach so their students can pass some state mandated tests or risk losing their jobs. The teacher's jobs, that is.
Disclaimer: I retired in 2010 from teaching math to middle schoolers after 32 years. Miss the kids
I got a daily second hand dose of the bureaucratic BS that ultimately caused her to retire early.
It really peeves me when people say that teachers have it easy because they only work 9 months and have their summers off. Never mind the extra summer classes and seminars that are required.
The only good part of that was we had 14 years of retirement together before she passed.
Sometimes the little, technical points are important, and sometimes it's just showing off your own intelligence. Now pardon me as I'm ordering some 10-inch VPC line from Defender for my halyard, which I remember as being 102 mm long.
How about teachers holding administrators and congress to some form of accountability?
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If onlyHow about teachers holding administrators and congress to some form of accountability?
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Doug, I am sorry to hear about your wife's passing. There are few people more special than a truly dedicated teacher. I will put my wife in that category too, as a dedicated nurse. She has retired early, like your wife did. I hope to have many years more with her as my better half.
- Will (Dragonfly)
I don't think the extra 6 inches is enough to splice an eye.Sometimes the little, technical points are important, and sometimes it's just showing off your own intelligence. Now pardon me as I'm ordering some 10-inch VPC line from Defender for my halyard, which I remember as being 102 mm long.
I'm not a fan of the use of the word literally to mean actually. Litteral refers to words, something written, like a 'literal translation' = 'word for word' nor am I a fan of 'ongoing' when we have such a nice word like 'continuous' to throw out there.
I actually hate 'ongoing' which literally means 'continuing' or 'continuous'.
The continuous process is continuing while our work on it will continue.
The ongoing process is ongoing while our work on it will be ongoing.
-Will (Dragonfly)