Teachers who cant

[Rude-boy]

durbster said:

That sounds like a weird date. Are you still together?

No, sadly I was too old for him as I'd hit puberty

Had to resort to fagging for the Upper Sixth.

[DannyScene]

mondeoman said:

DannyScene said:

mondeoman said:

'Seriously, if you're going to do mark students work'

Was this intentional as well?

Oh fk OFF

[anonymous-user]

mondeoman said:

history teacher had put a red ring round the word in some work he had done and put a red U above it.

Seriously, if you're going to do mark students work for spelling and gra'ma, at least get it right.

Does the U mean 'usage' ?

[BliarOut]

Rude-boy said:

BliarOut said:

I'd be inclined to correct the teacher's error IN CAPS

Photocopy appropriate page of OED.

Leave on teacher's desk at lunchtime with word and definition highlighted.

Next time son see's teacher and makes eye contact he just needs to give the slightest rise of the eyebrow and nod of the head. Nothing will be said but the point made without fuss.

And yes I did once, but it was a date, not spelling issue (they would have been right there!)

I like it

[HereBeMonsters]

Or perhaps "Unnecessary"? A word like "appalling" reeks of opinion, something there should be no place for in a History essay!

[iphonedyou]

I'd be very surprised if that's what the U meant. Not least because it doesn't explain anything; put the U where? What letters should your son be expected to remove? Then there's the fact most teachers would probably want your son to find the answer himself.

[anonymous-user]

mondeoman said:

Eldest son got back from school today and asked if you spell appalling with a U, as his history teacher had put a red ring round the word in some work he had done and put a red U above it.

Seriously, if you're going to do mark students work for spelling and gra'ma, at least get it right.

Sure it wasn't intended to be a lower case "ll" in joined up writing? Sure your son didn't spell it with a single l?


PS: it's "whether you spell" Sorry. Couldn't resist. It's a thing.

[Futuramic]

If the teacher subscribes to the Mitfordian school of class biased linguistics then perhaps a large U is a compliment?

A lessr student might have put 'terrible'

[mondeoman]

HereBeMonsters said:

Or perhaps "Unnecessary"? A word like "appalling" reeks of opinion, something there should be no place for in a History essay!

Sorry, beg to differ. How would you describe conditions aboard a slave boat? Appalling fits perfectly in that context.

[eldar]

mondeoman said:

Sorry, beg to differ. How would you describe conditions aboard a slave boat? Appalling fits perfectly in that context.

Understates the conditions by a long way? Ask the teacher.

[Futuramic]

mondeoman said:

Sorry, beg to differ. How would you describe conditions aboard a slave boat? Appalling fits perfectly in that context.

It was alright I guess but that stupid fat guy with a hygeine problem kept me up all night with his incessant drumming! And then one of the rowers had the temerity to claim he was the chosen king of somewhere and kept asking to swap sides of the ship. I was like, hello, we've got an empire to build here! And they were totally "god's going to get you heathen" - exhausting.

[p4cks]

I was once a blackjack dealer for a teachers' casino inspired charity night and the standard of mental arithmetic on show by some of them was a real eye opener.

10 + 6 + 7 = 21? No pet, you're bust.

[Mobsta]

mondeoman said:

HereBeMonsters said:

Or perhaps "Unnecessary"? A word like "appalling" reeks of opinion, something there should be no place for in a History essay!

Sorry, beg to differ. How would you describe conditions aboard a slave boat? Appalling fits perfectly in that context.

A slave boat? How did that end up in the mix?

If slave boat makes anyone wince, just think rave boat. They sound the same and everyone clubbing it up on quadruple vodkas snogging the fat birds, dare I say it, is a lot more nicer than a slave boat.

[LordGrover]

p4cks said:

I was once a blackjack dealer for a teachers' casino inspired charity night and the standard of mental arithmetic on show by some of them was a real eye opener.

10 + 6 + 7 = 21? No pet, you're bust.

In a former life I was a croupier, my 5, 8, 11, 17 & 35 times tables were pretty hot then.

[The Moose]

Is it just me, or is the teacher saying the work is appalling and giving him a 'U' as a grade for the work?

[ClassicMotorNut]

When I was 10 my teacher highlighted 'entrance' and told me it should be 'enterance'. I pointed out the error.
Worse, though, was when my year 8 English master told me that the possessive form of 'people' is 'peoples'' and not 'people's'. How incompetent.

[mondeoman]

The Moose said:

Is it just me, or is the teacher saying the work is appalling and giving him a 'U' as a grade for the work?

No, its just U

[The Moose]

mondeoman said:

The Moose said:

Is it just me, or is the teacher saying the work is appalling and giving him a 'U' as a grade for the work?

No, its just U

That's what I mean. Appalling circles saying the work was appalling. U being the grade.

That's the way I'd read it, but who knows!

[Carthage]

I think it's 'U' for uphauling, the correct spelling.

[aka_kerrly]

I shared a house with some student teachers at uni and 'U' was used for "ungradable."

PS, couldn't help myself;

Carthage said:

I think it's 'U' for uphauling, the correct spelling.

Uphauling is what you do on a sailboard if you are doing it right;)