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A similar situation happened when my daughter was in high school. I went to a parent-teacher conference only to discover that my daughter's English teacher had resigned and was replaced with a substitute teacher for the rest of the semester.

The sub introduced herself with a letter. While reading the letter I discovered 28 errors in grammar, spelling, etc. The next day I took it to the English department of a local college. A professor verified my findings and found some additional errors. The professor agreed that it was completely inexcusable for an English teacher to send out a letter of such poor quality. She even asked if she could use the letter as a quiz for her students. (Find the errors in the poorly written letter.)

When I brought the letter to my daughter's school, the administrators refused to do anything about it so I copied the letter and sent copies to the Board of Education, school administrators, head of the English department of the school, and our governor. I raised h### until they transferred her out of the English department.

There is no excuse for hiring people to teach English when the person has absolutely no credentials to do so. If I were you, I would bring the note to the school's attention. We pay good money to have our children educated, we should not have to put up with this. If a teacher is so inept as to send home a badly written letter or note, what kind of sloppy job is he/she doing in the classroom?

"There is no excuse for hiring people to teach English when the person has absolutely no credentials to do so"

I completely agree.

There is no excuse for hiring people to teach English when the person has absolutely no credentials to do so.

What do government approved credentials have to do with competence?