I get the need to blow off steam when grading a stack of essays. But, can we not make fun of students’ spelling errors and other infelicities in their writing? This is especially frustrating when students may have heard a word but not really seen it spelled.
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blaming the students when the issue was an education system that failed them. Much of this can be addressed if students have the resources (often money, time, etc.) to have people help read their papers to make sure they can fix mistakes they can't see. But do any of our
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institutions offer that. No, they do not. So, going after people's spelling & even grammar is ridiculous since there are so many reasons why these things may be happening that have to do w/ US K-12 systems, various disabilities, as well as assuming our students learn English 1st.
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