I found this sentence in one of our teacher's guides:

Explain to students, "You will meet with other experts on that planet or moon to discuss the conditions there."

Not saying which brilliant curriculum developer wrote that and didn't notice that it sounds like the kids will be sent to Mars for a meeting. Nope, not saying.

I am reviewing a teacher's guide that a colleague of mine wrote and I found the following unfortunate sentence:

"If possible, form students into small groups."

Hmmm...one possible interpretation leads to a very strange mental picture.

Dear PBS,

Why is Clifford the Big Red Dog on at 1 AM?

I realize that I am out of the educational loop, but this seems dreadfully wrong.

Sincerely,

Ms. Jen

And the award for best use of a run-on sentence in a scholarly article goes to ( Read more... )

This is fun. Grad school gets more amusing every day. Or perhaps I am just that much closer to being carried off by the men in the white coats. Check this one out ( Read more... )

I am told that I wrote 'lovely' report card comments with no grammatical errors. I think I actually laughed when I was told this. But I still don't care. This is not what I want to be remembered for when I die. (Is writing a tombstone similar to writing a report card comment? You'd sure have to condense a lot into a small space, at least.) Can I ( Read more... )

Yesterday a parent of a first grade student stopped me in the hall. "Are you the Ms. Jen who reads to them during lunch?" she asked. I am. "Well, I wanted to talk to you because my son came home the other day and told me that you read them a book with the F word in it." I almost laughed, but she was dead serious ( Read more... )