Terse Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 CLICK A few years ago, the question wouldn't have needed to be asked - it would have been an automatic disqualification from teaching if someone wasn't capable of mastering such basic tasks themselves or, at the very least, being conscientious enough to check whether their work was correct - but does it really matter any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxie Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I think that it is very important for teachers to be able to spell and punctuate correctly. I'm a bit of a pedant for punctuation and I would like my children to be taught correctly whilst they are at school. (I hate people who send me text and emails that are abbreviated (like gr8 wud b or r u) and are unpunctuated). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 This then begs the question, should driving instructors be able to drive, should flight instructors be able to fly a plane, should music teachers be able to play an instrument? And if so, why should school teachers be any different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Depends on what they are teaching, I think. I would expect maths teachers to be borderline illiterate, PE teachers too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Login Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 This then begs the question, should driving instructors be able to drive, should flight instructors be able to fly a plane, should music teachers be able to play an instrument? And if so, why should school teachers be any different? It would make the interview for teachers for sex education interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jampton Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 My friend's 11 year old son points out with great glee errors in punctuation For example Queens Road Queens Hotel Governors Hill St Georges Football Club All missing their apostrophe in the singular. At least he is being taught a bit of correct grammer at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 This then begs the question, should driving instructors be able to drive, should flight instructors be able to fly a plane, should music teachers be able to play an instrument? And if so, why should school teachers be any different? Yes to all. Although if a maths teacher ONLY taught maths, I wouldn't be bovvered, innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Do Maths teachers no longer use words to set the children problems Stu? It might be a case of ask an imprecise question, get an imprecise answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 The government insist on 'O' level English for most jobs. If a teacher can't communicate, including proper spelling and punctuation, then I can't see them being very good. The one exception I would make would be in employing dyslexic teachers, as people can be dyslexic and still make good teachers e.g. like my old science teacher (not English teachers etc. though) That said, until the internet arrived, I'd been searching librararies for years for Alburt Eyestine's autobiography with no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I would expect maths teachers to be borderline illiterate, PE teachers too On the contrary, the Maths teachers I have met have had better standards of written English than most English teachers. You are right about PE teachers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Slightly off topic - but at my alma mater we had an art master who would stutter on words beginning with P. p-p-p-p-paper p-p-p-p-p-paint p-p-p-p-pencil p-p-p-p-portrait p-p-p-p-picture One of the biology staff had bad handwriting and when he wrote 'work' it looked like 'wank' - my school reports contained gems like: "Has wanked well this year" or "Can wank harder if he wants to" OK - Topic back on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilligan Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Our old biology teacher couldn't spell "alcohol" properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Our old biology teacher couldn't spell "alcohol" properly. My old chemistry teacher was like that - he would always put 'D' where he should have put 'A'. Git. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cacti Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Its depressing that anyone is even asking this question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilligan Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Its depressing that anyone is even asking this question. i agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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