Typo on diplomas embarrasses Ohio principal

[DeclinetoState]

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Fri Jun 6, 3:55 AM ET

<!-- end storyhdr -->WESTLAKE, Ohio - A Cleveland-area principal says he's embarrassed his students got proof of their "educaiton" on their high school diplomas.

Westlake High School officials misspelled "education" on the diplomas distributed last weekend. It's been the subject of mockery on local radio.
Ain't it s'posed ta bee "eddjoocayshun"?

[Rhino]

Figures. My wife, being an Ohio teacher, will get a kick out of this.

[LivingDeadGirl]

OOOPS!!!

[oldcoastie]

I thought it was spelled, "edumacation."

[DesertFox]

In 1988 I was the sole foreign student, and graduate, of the Colombian Staff College. But my 4-letter last name defeated them and they got it wrong on my diploma. They did correct it, but with just one foreigner around with an odd name, you'd have thought they coulda got it right the first time.

Regarding the opening post: I've noticed a most annoying tendency of things -- simple things -- being misspelled anymore with increasing frequency. My principal put out an email to us to post in our classrooms: "Use trash recepticles," and I was the ONLY one who corrected the misspelling before posting the message.

But you see in newspaper articles where the reporter (and his editor) misuses the apostrophe, misspells common words, mixes up homonyms (especially "except/accept" and "effect/affect." When I's a kid you could (and we did) use the local paper to teach grammar and writing. Can't do that today.

[Wolfcounsel]

I thought it was spelled "reindoctrination" in today's public schools.

[DesertFox]

Thought wrong, dude. They spell it "reendocktranashun."

[DeclinetoState]

In 1988 I was the sole foreign student, and graduate, of the Colombian Staff College. But my 4-letter last name defeated them and they got it wrong on my diploma. I thought "Fox" had only three letters . . .

:evilgrin:

[DeclinetoState]

At least the title of the article didn't end with "Ohio principle"! :D

[LivingDeadGirl]

In my sister's college English class many minor mistakes were forgiven that would have gotten marked against me when I was going through. When she caught one of her own and asked the professor about it later he told her that most of the people who read what someone else writes do not know any better regarding grammar and punctuation that the author, so she didn't need to worry about such small mistakes because no one else would notice them.

SAAAAAAD!!!!

[hdmundt]

If'n they'da used the correct word, "learnin'", they'da been no problem.

[Riverboat]

Bre'er Fox touched upon a few observations I myself have noted for some time now. Working in a business ostensibly set up to teach stuff, I would hope the folks hired to run the office would set good examples in communication. Sadly, I know too well this is not often the case. In fact, I started a thread with examples of poor usage.

I find examples of poor usage everywhere I go - billboards, newspapers, even the door for the boy's (and girl's) restroom at the local YMCA.

One of the nicest compliments I ever got was from an associate editor of our local newspaper who said on his blog, "Riverboat - I'm not too worried about you when it comes to English. Good to see your post here." I take grammar seriously, and although my wife doesn't allow me to carry the checkbook, I make sure I get the correct change from the mouth-breather running a register.

[Rhino]

I had an English teacher talk recently about when her students ax a question. I cringed.

[Wolfcounsel]

"I had an English teacher talk recently about when her students ax a question. I cringed." --Rhino

I suspect it's an epidemic. I have three granddaughters and a grandson who "ax" me questions about their homework also. I keep drilling them--

"This is to ask and this is an axe." On and on and on.
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