10
Jan
Drivel
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More drivel today… This application was for a position in the US requiring an American who has a reasonable amount of experience working in grade school, and who knows about the Orton-Gillingham or Wilson approaches to managing dyslexia. The applicant started out by saying “I have no direct purposeful experience having worked in the normal..read more.
6
Jan
That’ll teach them!
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This came in today in part of an answer to a question about how to encourage a mature student to get on with his work and be too dependent on his Tutor. “I’m a very efficient [math] teacher. In my ten years, I’m very good at what I do. If students do not turn in..read more.
31
Dec
Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse…
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Today I received this answer to a question asking an applicant to explain their experience in British language, culture, and RP. “I have my all ducation in India and it is efected by the british type of education and in ndia we speak british english and not american english” Do people not even use spell-check..read more.