Nitpicking

Unteachable - 08/02/2017 06:00 - United States

Today, as a high school English teacher, I had to read submissions for a writing contest. The entries were filled with words like "irregardless", "could of", "acrost", and "ain't". These papers were supposedly written by the best students in the school. FML
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tj4234 35

America has had a terrible education system for decades. It's not a new thing. If anything, it was improved under Obama.

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stormy0307 16

I had one that demanded you write (sic) behind every quote. You only use (sic) after a quote or word if they used improper grammar and it's letting the reader know that improper phrase is exactly what the person said.

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brezzyanna 17

Im in first year University, so my high school experience wasn't long ago. I was always in advanced English, yet the grammar and pronunciation of most of the other students in my class was a disaster. We had ESL students in our advanced class! One essay I had to edit started off with "Shakespeare's been dead since time." The point is, students don't care about English anywhere, because they speak it well enough to get by, and they don't think its important.

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TaurusSilver404 8

All these butt-hurt conservatives are trying to blame Obama while Trump is appointing Betsy DeVos as secretary of education. Hilarious.

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elliotts2000 0

You forgot whom'st'd

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EmDizzle2007 28

this has to be a southern person

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