Posted on 05/04/2003 7:49:47 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez
Just before going to bed tonight, as I kissed my oldest boy good night, he perked up and reminded me of the note his teacher had sent home on Friday. I assured him that I would read it, and tucked him in.
I knew that the note was about the upcoming School Book Fair, he attended his first one last year, and it was a great experience for him. It was the first time he was trusted with money to spend all on his own.
He is a First grader with Third Grade reading skills, I was an avid reader as a kid, and every time I see him sitting with a book on his lap, I feel like I'm walking on air.
I went downstairs and looked for the note, I wanted to see what was expected of him, and how payment for the books would be handled.
I have copied the note word by word below, the note written, and sent home, by the person who is teaching my boy to read and write.
I have left the particulars out for obvious reasons.
I am sending the note to Tallahassee, and asking for this teacher's removal.
We don't want DU filth here . They have their own site and that ilk should stay over there. Understand, now ?
In your profession, if you (or someone else) were to give a formal letter with the grammar that was shown in the original post, what would happen?
Maybe that is why the quality of professionalism, in your opinion, is acceptable.
I think I will go buy a bicycle.
Unfortunately we need to get used to this type of error. You see, the plural is neither masculine nor feminine as is the singular. To write the phrase correctly, you would have to commit the sin of Political Incorrectness. I suppose you could say "his or her own" but even then, there might be a small part of the population still offended. :)
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