I Weep for the Future

[bjarvis]

Last Saturday, DC Lambda Squares had a dance at a local middle school. On the wall, lovingly crafted by some teacher, was the following:

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[paigemom.livejournal.com]

OMFG

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

There were other hand-crafted signs and announcements around the room with spelling and grammatical errors. This one was the single most egregious.

[volunqueer.livejournal.com]

reminds me of the Metro Bus boo-boo with the stickers that said "Go to class - it a blast!"

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Oy...

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Hope for the hungry, but no hope for the grammatically correct...

[madknits.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of the teacher I used to know who usually ended sentences with prepositions.
Where are you at?

Used to annoy the hell out of me every time.

[pectopah.livejournal.com]

Ow my eyes! And her punctuation could use some help, too.

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

Teaching in public schools has become so unrewarding that the people who train for it are among the least capable. It isn't just because of the mind-numbing content of "education" curricula or the low pay -- it's because there is very little autonomy. Good young teachers tend to give up and leave.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I've seen worse...by teachers, yet!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

How do you know that it was a teacher, and not a student? That would be slightly less depressing.

[moofedct.livejournal.com]

But only slightly. :)