I teach high school. Spelling does count. Grammar does count. Of course, I teach French and writing, so my kids don't stand a chance. Then again, I live on IRC and refuse to chat with people who use aohell speak and don't have the intelligence to type out 3 or 4 letter words.
Jerry Godsey wrote: > When I was teaching school the question I hated most was, "Mr. Godsey, does > spelling count on this?" My answer was always a smarmy, "Why, no, feel free > to misspell as many words as you possibly can." One of the parents of a > student was the editor of the local newspaper (the one who got my newspaper > column started) and she wrote an editorial once entitled, "Spelling Always > Counts!" > Some of the reports we get from our deputies are amazing. It is not always > misspelled words, spell check can catch those. It is words used incorrectly > that drive us buggy. I constantly preach to my staff that the reports need to > be as bulletproof as possible. Misspelled words make us look like amateurs to > the lawyers who are scrutinzing our reports and looking for ways to discredit > us on the witness stand. It's just like teaching school all over again! > Blessings, > Jerry Godsey
