Posted on 12/31/2021 2:25:29 PM PST by grundle
Time to find a better school not connected to the Virginia teachers union.
A letter from the president of a Virginia teachers union arguing for more stringent measures to stem the flow of Covid-19 was mocked on Twitter for its many grammatical errors.
Parent Ellen Gallery marked up the letter and posted the heavily corrected version on Twitter, writing: “Hey [Virginia Education Association], are you going to send out more of these grammar worksheets over break? My kids and I had a great time spotting errors! Did we find them all?”
Ms Gallery marked up about 20 errors in the letter sent by Arlington Education Association President Ingrid Gant to Arlington Schools Superintendent Dr Francisco Duran, calling for more on-site Covid tests to be provided amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the virus.
Ms Gant argued that classes shouldn’t resume as planned in January until the schools’ testing capabilities are improved.
https://twitter.com/ellenfgallery/status/1476595737408507908
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
I looked.
I am unsurprised.
Pathetic! 🙄
Arlington Education Association President Ingrid Gant
Grammatically Challenged?
The high school math teacher of our friends’ daughter has no clue about math.
“I even found a few more errors, lol.”
I was going to say the same thing. :)
The fire departments in are region are exemplifying domino outbreaks as well.
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My favorite line; “exemplifying domino outbreaks”. Reads like a line of dialog from “Idiocracy”.
Gramer b rasis yo.
My teachers used “awk construction” and (my favorite) “turgid” a lot.
This letter is horribly written, overwrought, and just plain pathetic, not to mention full of hysteria and unfounded fears.
The author simply cannot write stating-forward, clear sentences. She is a horrible writer. But she does know how to clutch pearls.
Real proof-reading - sweet!
The mom who marked up this letter missed ALOT of mistakes. She also made some mistakes with her “corrections”.
She must have never heard on an Oxford comma.
She also failed to cross out extraneous language, and failed to properly point out the use of excessively dire words.
My favorite guide to writing is Strunk and Whites “Elements of Style”. It’s the best short book for improving anyone’s writing for proper grammar and brevity.
I’m 68 and still use it on occasions.
Comedian Marsha Warfield used to include the following in her stand-up routine:
“I went to public school in Detroit. I got a good education. For example, I learned to various conjugations of the verb ‘to be.’
I be.
He be.
She be.
We be.”
Oh, you mean “ebonics?”
Thats a man baby!
It takes a lot of words to obfuscate the actual message, "It's better for us when we get paid to teach from home."
"A lot" is two words.
Read later.
Shoulda picked our own damn cotton.
And we know the draft would not have bene done in cursive.
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