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Spelling Apology.. in Advanced
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Re: Spelling Apology.. in Advanced
My opinion...if you weren't an English teacher, you wouldn't give two sh!ts about it.
Also my opinion, I chose to not finish schooling to become a teacher (after completing 3 1/2 years) because of people who act like they are holy healers because theyre teaching kids how to spell encyclopedia. GET OVER IT! And sometimes especially on message boards, its not so much "spelling" or "English" people have issues with, its just typing. OMG, is a computer ed teacher gonna come on here and freak out now!?
me spel gud
But seriously, I generally don't flame spelling too much because my brother is dyslexic and I have dyslexic friends. They want to be parts of communities like this and they get shunned and it is just hard. And spell check doesn't make a difference when their brain is unable to process which spelling is correct.
But, text talk I will flame till the cows come home. U know wut I mean?
I was thinking the same thing. I never (until the 1 reference you mentioned) see you picking on people for the grammar or spelling
Same with DH. He has a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech, and I had to heavily edit most of his English/Humanities papers. I did get my minor in writing and linguistics, but since I got pregnant, I can barely string two sentences together.
I was just LOL that people were tossing their degrees out in the first place.
It's like a pissing match, or some odd form of validation. It cracks me up.
This!! I totally agree.
Me too! Those who throw them around a lot don't have that impressive of an educational background most of the time either.
it is said that our brains (as it varies from person to person) processes information differently. Some people are more linguistically inclined than they are mathematically incline; (the whole left brain - right brain thing).
So thank god there isn't a final English exam to become a mother because i would fail! But I did have scholarships for math and science.
I think it's ironic that stating that spelling and grammar may actually be important is apparently picking on others (it wasn't an attack on a person, just a general viewpoint) and that she is now getting flamed for it in a post asking people not to flame and judge others.
There will always be people who care about spelling, even on an online message board. There will always be people who don't care about spelling, especially on an online message board.
Amazing that almost all the time we can get along just fine, isn't it? Stating where you stand on the issue and debating it is NOT "picking on others." In general posts, spelling usually doesn't come up unless people are getting picked on because people are pissed at them for some other reason. So making the point that spelling is important in a post ABOUT SPELLING is totally appropriate IMO.
when you spell badly and use poor grammar, I assume you are ignorant. Thus, I cannot be bothered to read the drivel you post, as I cannot get past your (not you're) mistakes that make me lose (not loose) my eyeballs right out of my head.
you are not 14. There is no reason to write like you are.
She mentioned she was an English teacher. That could mean many things, depending what state you live in. I had plenty of friends I taught with in Florida who had degrees in things completely unrelated to teaching, even unrelated to their subject.
Maybe she AW'd her OMGAWESOMEZ English degree on another post, and if she did, my bad.
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
Tabitha, the OP said she had many degrees in her original post. I said I was an English teacher by way of explanation why I value spelling.
Look.
This is an internet message board. The ONLY way you have to communicate here is the written word. You are delusional if you think poor spelling and grammar don't affect how others perceive you here.
In your fantasy world, there is great equality throughout the land between those who got 750 verbal on their SATs and those who think someone can be "prejudice" or "handicap." But in the real world (and yes, the Bump is part of the real world), you look like a moron.
Wow whatever college you got an English degree from deserves a big fat FAIL! Not only is your sentence structure HORRIBLE so is your spelling and grammar. Yikes, if I were the dean of your college I wouldn't want to claim you as an alumni.
And this is exactly why some people with disabilites feel they have no place on a message board.
OK, this is where it starts getting absurd. I really hope that was sarcasm. That was sarcasm, right? Because there's a difference between being conversational (like starting a sentence with "Because," which is grammatically incorrect but conversational in nature and IMO fine for a message board), which I think most bumpies do, and making numerous large errors.
**Dies**
My best friend has the worst spelling on the planet, and is dyslexic. She does nothing all day BUT go on message boards. She has 4 kids, and they are all parenting boards. She does fine. How? Spell check. It is our friend.
ally I want to send you a private message but I don't know how .
I don't see why this is funny. I posted a previous post about my brother and friends who have this issue. I also work with people with disabilities. When your brain cannot process between loose and lose to tell which one is correct spell check doesn't help much. It is great that this method works for your friend, but there is a whole field of research and study out there about alternative methods for providing assistance for spelling since people with dyslexia cannot always look at a written word and tell if it is the correct one.
nothing much to add except that the OP makes texas look bad.
oh sherina
thats what stupid people say 
:snicker:
The same way someone can be an adult and not know the difference between: there, their and their or two, too and to, or here and hear. These are common mistakes that I see on the bump. Are all of these people dummies too?
Well great punk, now I have to explain to my DH what nonsense I'm cracking up about on here. Thanks a lot
lmao. yes. they should not have graduated high school. how the F can someone seriously not know the difference in those words?
This is what idiots say who can't form a rational thought. So you're saying that people who have mental retardations whom while were in school, learned social skills and trades and not physics and European Literature and use those trades to live independently using these skills are dumb? They use what their strengths are to live the best possible lives. That's stupid right? I'm sure.
sherina!! LOOK UP!! sarcasm and the point of this thread are both flying above your head!!!
Perhaps this will make me unpopular, but what the heck-
IMO, if you have a problem with homonyms it is just pure laziness. It's not a matter of understanding some complex problem or situation, it's a matter of memorizing what each one means. Unless you have a specific learning disabilty (as the op discussed), not knowing your homonyms is being lazy and nothing to be proud of.
That being said, I would never flame someone for incorrectly using them on a message board, because let's face it, we all occasionally get lazy on these boards when it comes to grammar.
A stellar example of why Montessori education is a nice pre-school environment but not a place to keep your kids for important building blocks of learning in elementary school.
and also proving that many people don't actually know anything about montessori schools at all.
The OP made me wince with the pre-med remark.
Can you imagine anything more terrifying than going in to meet with your neurosurgeon, and having him speak to you like someone out of "Deliverance?"
Knowing how to speak and write is a critically important skill in absolutely any field. Okay...maybe not if you are a mime, but that's about it.
lmao thats exactly how i pictured so many people on this thread.
Snicker.
"My son can do quadratic equations, but he can't read or spell."
"Wow. What a great school! Is there a waiting list?"
Sherina, truly, I think that (and it's been said before by someone else here) no one is talking about typos or a couple mistakes. I *think* it's more a pattern that people point out, and again, when the only impression people can really get of you is your written word, it works in your favor to have your writing look cleaner.