Thursday, June 12, 2008

Literacy

I score student tests for a national company. I couldn't resist publishing this little gem from yesterday's session (spelling and grammar as written by the student - approximate age 12):

"First thought that Puero rico was the biggest island But my dad suid it's
not. So month past. And I saw a glob. Now I know that It's
Mexico."

2 comments:

Mo said...

So, we've got a what - 5th-6th grader who can't spell and doesn't know geography? Great school system and/or negligent parents.

Stacey063 said...

Exactly - whenever I do grading I am totally amazed by the few really decent writers and spellers - not to mention geography!