Whatever happened to proofreading, proper grammar, and spelling?

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I am a retired high-school English teacher, having taught in New York City and Albuquerque, NM.

When I was in the sixth grade, we were diagramming sentences, and when I taught at a Seventh-Day Adventist Academy, Wilmington, NC -- back in the day -- I actually taught diagramming sentences; examples were displayed in the back of the English book.

As a matter of fact, we used to have spelling bee contests: boys vs the girls, and I remember the word that tripped me up in the fifth grade. I was asked to spell, shirt....and I spelled it...shit.

I will never forget the laughter of the students, not understanding why they were laughing -- so innocent!


LMAO, but oddly enough, I have seen pretty much the same mistake made on one of my slot machine restorers forums tonight, when we was all discussing a meet-up in Birmingham (UK) in June, and one of the members mentioned getting some t-shirts printed up for the event, and made the obvious typographical mistake you have just highlighted, so us being the school kids we are (We all love a laugh), questioned this guy's sexual habits :wink:
 

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I am a retired high-school English teacher, having taught in New York City and Albuquerque, NM.

When I was in the sixth grade, we were diagramming sentences, and when I taught at a Seventh-Day Adventist Academy, Wilmington, NC -- back in the day -- I actually taught diagramming sentences; examples were displayed in the back of the English book.

As a matter of fact, we used to have spelling bee contests: boys vs the girls, and I remember the word that tripped me up in the fifth grade. I was asked to spell, shirt....and I spelled it...shit.

I will never forget the laughter of the students, not understanding why they were laughing -- so innocent!

So, this one's even better. I used to work as a substitute teacher. Dicey under the best of circumstances. So many fun games of "Bait the Sub," right?

Well, this one day, I was working in a fifth grade bilingual class. Every student was Mexican, except two who were Puerto Rican.

Try teaching a class full of 11 and 12 year olds, about how James Oglethorpe bought Savannah, Georgia from "Tomochichi."

Talk about good times; 'cause "Tomo" comes from the Spanish verb "Tomar" meaning to take nourishment. "Chichi" is "titty." So, yeah, every time we'd read the name "Tomochichi," the entire class would bust out laughing.
 

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My large penis just spewed large quantities of grammatically incorrect shit.
 

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I fownd just the uther daye a newspaiper artickuld in the web witch were wrote wrongly. Thay hazzed a tightell thet saysed 'TECHOLOGY"

Seriously, it was actually written with the word 'TECHOLOGY' I stared and then got on with things.

When reading on-line newspaper articles I am less bothered than by the errors than when reading the actual newspaper in print. To me, many times the on-line articles are loose drafts. When it hits paper and is in print, it's much more annoying.
 

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Welcome to the Age of High Anti-intellectualism!

Efforts to be intelligent - according to the general populace - are just a way to make yourself look "better" than others, serving no real practical purpose. Should you invent the next tech gadget, however, or find a cure for a certain disease, society might cut you some slack. Otherwise, you're just an intellectual snob who has probably never worked a whole day in his entire life.


"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'."
― Isaac Asimov​
 

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Internet, text messages, and a lack of caring among inner city youth. It's not "cool" knowing how to talk and spell. Perfect example: ask vs axe. EVERYONE knows the fucking word is ask, yet I hear SOOO many people now say "axe" on purpose. It's absolutely ridiculous. Sounding unintelligent helps these type of people fit in among the other non-motivated public school retards
 

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i shakily [ut my hand up, and admit i am probably partia;;y responsib;e
boooo hooooo

written by laptop screen light, not that thats a valid excuse ...
 

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"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'."
― Isaac Asimov​


So true!

I appreciate the saying. It's one to be written in stone.