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[Hotel Paper]

http://www.kansas.com/news/story/697253.html

[Shocker85]

Quotes from the linked article ...

"It amazes me. This went through all the channels, and the pilot project, and nobody caught it," said Denny, a former English teacher.

It doesn't surprise me one bit that the error slipped through.

#1) Spelling and grammar are a dying art below college level. Many teachers refuse at the elementary level to even correct spelling and that irks me to no end. I have been to the mat with 3 teachers in the last few years who let spelling errors go. Bad spelling reflects poorly on teachers, students, and everyone.

#2) Computer spell checkers have become a huge crutch - if a document passes through a spell checker it is assumed to be correct - grammar and usage be damned.

He and Fry shared a laugh over the test error. It reminded them of a book the class read recently -- Thomas C. Foster's "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" -- in which Foster proclaims, "Irony trumps everything."

Knowing Jenny Fry personally, I can picture her fully enjoying the wry humor in an error like this appearing on a state writing assessment.

Kudos to the young man for catching and reporting the error.

--'85.

[Hotel Paper]

you know mrs. fry?

[AndShock]

My English teacher pointed out that error to us this past week while we were taking the assessment. It's funny to see that it has made the news.