I know I've been really ranty-ravey about grammar and punctuation errors lately. But it really bugs me. I recognize that the fact that something bugs me does not mean that the world is going to instantly straighten up and get moving on fixing it. I'm not sure why that's true because it would be REALLY cool if the world acted that way.
I try to be understanding, considering the source of subtle grammar errors and punctuation faux pas. But when the source is a teacher of LANGUAGE ARTS, my normal saintly impatience is really tested.
Did they change the name of the course from English to the more generic Language Arts because they didn't want to commit to which language it was they were supposedly teaching?
In the sheet describing my son's end-of-year project, was the following:
The purpose of this project is for you to demonstrate your ability to express your thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a particular musical artist and a sample of their work.
I'm not even going to comment on the extra comma, the necessity of which I thought had been eradicated in some sea change of grammar teaching since I was in school. You know what it is. We've been here before. BUT FROM THE LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER???
And lest you think that I am being way too persnickety about one teeny, tiny error, this was also part of the instructions:
If you are forbidden to go to your artists web site you need to pick a different artist or group.
There are two sort-of crescent-shaped thingies that I think need to be included in this sentence.
Please tell me. Be brutally honest. Do I need to just get over it? Is it too much to expect that a Language Arts teacher would set a stellar example of grammar and punctuation to THEIR students...sorry, couldn't resist! Oh...and click on the image above or here...because there really IS an interactive Punctuation Pyramid.
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