[FirstTomato]

You are NOT doing your child a favor by trying to get his teacher fired in this instance. The teacher's note is very inoffensive. And what you propose to do is very offensive because the punishment simply doesn't fit the "crime".

Why not homeschool your child if you feel the teacher is inadequate? If you have such a hostile reaction to the teacher that doesn't portend well for your child's school experience.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Why not homeschool your child if you feel the teacher is inadequate?"

No problem...do I get my taxes back since I will not be using the service?

No?

In that case, I want better for my buck.

I love your response. I am supposed to turn a blind eye to the absolutely atrocious grammar this teacher exhibits, and if I stand up and expect a better performance from the people being paid to do a job, I have an anger management problem.

The real problem here are people who are willing to excuse below acceptable performance, from teachers, or politicians.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Ummm.....what if the first graders vocabulary and grammar is better than the teachers? Remember, this is Florida, land of Affirmative Action (until Jeb washed it away), and this is very likely a quota employee.

What's funny is if the grammar used in this letter had been the same as a post on FR by a freeper, the grammar police on FR that defend this teacher would likely be the ones shredding a freeper for their comments. Irony.

[It's me]

Are you a teacher? ;o)

[terilyn]

Oh please! It's an elementary school teacher that cannot type a coherent sentence or paragraph! Would you want this person teaching your children to read and write?

[Bigg Red]

Dear Tomato Person, I do not understand why you don't get this. The writer of the note, who sounds functionally illiterate, is in the position of TEACHING children how to READ and WRITE. It is imperative that she be removed from that position before she can do any more harm to the learning of these children. Once anyone, especailly a young child, is taught to do something the wrong way, undoing the damage is nearly impossible.

LG, I hope you go to the press with this.

[Old Professer]

Now I know we have a gender problem!!!!