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May 25, 2010
I thought "Bath" was a town in England
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As a kid who had been taught British English & penmanship and consistantly got marked down throughout high school & college because of it, I learned to argue that since it came first, it was "proper". I suggest you teach your daughter's teacher a fact or two!
Posted by: Kimba | May 25, 2010 at 11:48 PM
Wrong on so many levels.
Man, your daughter's writing is NEAT!
Posted by: Jen | May 25, 2010 at 06:00 PM
Oh, man. Really!? Boo! (And, that's a capital B.)
Posted by: The Casual Perfectionist | May 25, 2010 at 05:27 PM
Good God. My son would fail kindergarten with that teacher. He not only has terrible handwriting, but he insists on capitalizing every word he writes. Which makes me wince every time he writes, since I'm a major language geek. But you know, he JUST TURNED SIX. And since he's already reading books without pictures, and can add double digit numbers in his head, I am not that concerned about his penmanship.
Posted by: Jaelithe | May 25, 2010 at 03:47 PM
As the father of a first grader who gets some weird delight out of randomly capitalizing letters like an internet troll, I'm sure glad he doesn't have this teacher.
Posted by: prescott | May 25, 2010 at 03:19 PM
Oh my. That is just wrong. Believe it or not last night I was grading my husband's spelling tests for his FIFTH grade class - one child capitalized all the words and I asked him if it was OK and he said as long as the word is spelled correctly don't mark wrong. Said he would remind the student tomorrow not to capitalize in future tests. And this is fifth grade which means the kid should know better and still - he was cut a break. UNBELIEVABLE for you girl!
Posted by: Beth from SJ | May 25, 2010 at 01:25 PM
Wow. That's ridiculous.
Posted by: maresi | May 25, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Appeal, appeal! When I was 6 years old I got knocked out of a spelling bee because I spelled color as colour. Why are these teachers so anti-British?
Posted by: Jo | May 25, 2010 at 11:49 AM
That totally deserves a appeal!
Posted by: Megan (Best of Fates) | May 25, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Ah yes, the Wife of Bath.
(So glad this school year is almost over.)
Posted by: Julie @ The Mom Slant | May 25, 2010 at 10:47 AM