ie: "Wut" for what, "4" as For, "U" as You, "No" as Know, etc.
If you are a parent, do you allow your children to submit their written school work this way?
2006-12-01 08:53:07 · 18 answers · asked by Clarkie 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Hell no.
You need to learn standard English. If you have these "misspellings" on your resume, you won't get hired. In any kind of professional work, spelling like that is unacceptable - or have you ever seen newspaper articles, legal documents, or any other formal document that uses those spellings?
They're fine for text messaging, but not for much of anything else.
2006-12-01 09:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I never do. If a child is doing work where the written element is not the most important (for example writing up a science experiment) I will overlook some spelling errors, as spelling and writing was not the object of the task- but if a child consistently or deliberately misspells a word I will correct it.
2006-12-01 17:39:08 · answer #2 · answered by Digger 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a sixth grade teacher any my students often think that they are being 'clever' when they use mispellings. I'm 23 years old, so I'm young enough to know where they are getting these ideas; but I don't allow them to turn in their homework this way. There is a time and place for 'pop culture' and during serious education is neither the time nor the place. That's my opinion anyway.
2006-12-01 16:58:58 · answer #3 · answered by CourtneyH 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not if the teachers are any good!
But my own country - New Zealand - has a National Certificate of Educational Acheivement (NCEA) and the Qualifications Authority recently announced Texting abbreviations - like the ones you quote - would not necessarily mean fail marks in an exam, if the meaning of the work was still clear!!
For once, instead of following overseas 'dumbing down', we're leading in it!!
2006-12-01 16:59:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, teachers do not allow it, and parents should not either. They need to know proper spelling and punctuation if they are ever going to fill out a job application, write a resume, etc. And some teachers I work with still insist on cursive handwriting.
2006-12-01 16:58:27 · answer #5 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that some inner city schools are being made to accept certain kinds of misspellings and certain kinds of 'grammar'. I'm so glad I'm not teaching in one of those schools and I would certainly NEVER allow my child to turn a paper in with intentional misspellings. I don't even allow them to speak incorrectly here at home, lol.
2006-12-01 17:04:02 · answer #6 · answered by razor_sharp_redhead 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I always go over homework. Teachers are the educators of our children. Our teachers mark the kids for wrong spelling anyway in sentences.
2006-12-01 20:43:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most teachers do not accept it and will mark off points for misspellings like those you've suggested.
Of course, I actually had a teacher in high school (not too long ago) who never could understand when to use "no" and "know."
2006-12-01 16:57:14 · answer #8 · answered by Target Acquired 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. But I will admit that I had a few students who turned in homework on time so rarely that I wouldn't have minded misspellings!
2006-12-01 17:23:48 · answer #9 · answered by Cindy J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't think so haha. Although some of us would like them to, it would be much easier. After chatting on MSN, YIM, and AOL its guarenteed that you will make that mistake once while writing a paper, but I hope you wouldn't turn it in after you spell check it and go over it. Funny thing though huh.
2006-12-01 17:01:34 · answer #10 · answered by gbda86 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋