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September 25, 2007 at 1:50 pm
When my younger daughter was in 5th grade she proudly showed me a one-page essay on which she had received an A+. As I read it, I counted 6 misspellings, none of which were noted by the teachers. A few weeks later, at a parent-teacher conference, her teacher concluded by asking us if we had any questions. I said, “Yes. How can a kid have six spelling mistakes on a one-page essay and get an A+?” She looked a little taken aback and said, “Well, I don’t always grade strictly on that because some people aren’t natural-born spellers.”
I sat there and thought, “Yeah, lady, and I think you’re one of them.”