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18th Jan 2016

Teacher Sends Spelling Test Note to Parents. Fails to Check Own Spelling

Katie Mythen-Lynch

A shocked mother has taken to Twitter to share an error-laden letter from her son’s school… regarding spelling tests.

Mum-of-two Amanda, from Kent in the UK, discovered the note glued inside her little boy’s homework book. On further inspection, she found that of the six words her son was asked to learn to spell, the teacher had spelled two of them (both ‘immediately’ and ‘sincerely’)  incorrectly.

The rest of the text also contained a number of typos. Facepalm.

While most readers were incredulous, some Twitter users accused Amanda of ‘teacher shaming’, something she denies.

In fact, the school later tried to correct the error, only to fail miserably a second time:

What do you think, was Amanda right to make an example out of this teacher’s poor spelling? Let us know on Twitter @HerFamilydotie.