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Old 01-25-2014, 05:44 PM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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Old 01-25-2014, 07:06 PM
 
Location: SE Michigan
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Originally Posted by Nicci6Squirrels View Post
There's a woman I know who "homeschools" her huge brood of children. This is an example of her level of communication, "If your going to go to the store i need someone to bring me some stuff. You dont have to bring it yourselfs. my husban can pick it up if your going their."

She's also a religious zealot and doesn't believe in "Science."

Yay for education!
 
Old 01-25-2014, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Georgia, USA
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... I can't vouge for any of them though ...

... vouch... ouch !!!
 
Old 01-25-2014, 09:27 PM
 
Location: central Oregon
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I saw on tonight's news the word "callaps" for collapse. I still can't believe someone let that get put on air.
 
Old 01-25-2014, 10:05 PM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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Originally Posted by suzy_q2010 View Post
That one looks like a typo to me. I often miss leaving a space between words. I usually find them when I proofread, too. If anything, It just shows folks should read what they type before they post. It is also an error that spell check will not catch, since along is actually a word.
I see it with "apart" too much for it to be a typo. "I am apart of that group." It makes the sentence mean exactly the opposite of what the writer is trying to say.
 
Old 01-26-2014, 04:29 AM
 
Location: Florida
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"I don't know why I'm letting him goat me"

I don't know why she would let him either if the goat is like the only goat I ever knew that would headbutt anybody within range.
 
Old 01-26-2014, 04:38 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801 View Post
I see it with "apart" too much for it to be a typo. "I am apart of that group." It makes the sentence mean exactly the opposite of what the writer is trying to say.

I see that alot.
 
Old 01-26-2014, 07:03 AM
 
Location: Florida
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"I don't see inner acting with others limited to work"

This gentleman is prone to excusable errors but in this case, I don't think this is one since he repeated it 2 more times.
 
Old 01-26-2014, 07:51 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Nicci6Squirrels View Post
There's a woman I know who "homeschools" her huge brood of children. This is an example of her level of communication, "If your going to go to the store i need someone to bring me some stuff. You dont have to bring it yourselfs. my husban can pick it up if your going their."

She's also a religious zealot and doesn't believe in "Science."

Yay for education!
This actually corroborates something that I have observed in online blogs whenever the topic of education comes up. It seems that, more often than not, those who hold themselves out as educational experts are people who give little evidence of actually having received much education.

I would be willing to bet a cup of coffee that this particular woman contributes her words to discussions about education, and that those words are on a level very similar to the quotation that you posted. One of the saddest problems resulting from a lack of literacy is that people are frequently unaware of their limitations in that area, and when these people choose to home-school their children, they are helping to perpetuate their own limitations.


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Old 01-26-2014, 08:04 AM
 
Location: USA
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Haven't seen this one in awhile:

"...someone likes the list, irregardless of the source, as I've received numerous "likes" for it."
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