All Those Errors!

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1. Linda says:

   November 28, 2012 at 8:06 pm

   We are happy you are back safely. Rest and relax. God bless you.

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2. LG says:

   November 28, 2012 at 8:12 pm

   Sorry to hear about the funeral back in Texas. Linda’s right–you should rest a bit. Thanks for all you do.

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3. HA Hurley says:

   November 28, 2012 at 8:21 pm

   Don’t apologize for errors! We are educators and we always referred to typos to see if kids were paying attention. You always have our attention.

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4. Marge Borchert says:

   November 28, 2012 at 9:05 pm

   Diane — My condolences. I often use my cellphone to comment and don’t catch those annoying typos; however, this blog gives me a great deal of hope and inspiration. I eagerly await your new book. I am thrilled about all of the references & suggestions for further readings that I encounter on this blog. I am currently reading about PLAY. I am happy for the acquaintances I have “met” on this blog and feel that we will, through your tenacity & guidance make this standardized testing nonsense and teacher evaluations based on student scores disappear.

   Take care.

   Thank you.

   Marge

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5. Lehrer says:

   November 28, 2012 at 9:22 pm

   My heartfelt condolences for your loss, Diane.

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6. Joan Kramer says:

   November 28, 2012 at 9:35 pm

   I don’t care about typos. I just need my daily Diane Ravitch. I hope your trip wasn’t too arduous. Thank you for all.

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7. Helen says:

   November 28, 2012 at 10:11 pm

   I am sorry that you had a difficult time in TX. I have taught 27 years in a town near Houston and am working on a dissertation about how high stakes testing affected the elementary school that I taught for 17 yrs and that my own children attended. Your information is invaluable. I wish that I could visit with you and get your input on my study.

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8. George Buzzetti says:

   November 28, 2012 at 10:41 pm

   Forget the typos, it is content that makes the difference.

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9. Robert D. Shepherd says:

   November 29, 2012 at 12:09 am

   Condolences to you, Diane.

   How grateful we all are for your courage, caring, keen intelligence, and warrior spirit. What you are doing is extraordinarily important. Thank you.

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10. ReTiredbutMisstheKids says:

    November 29, 2012 at 12:49 am

    My condolences to you and to yours. Take care of yourself.

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11. Dienne says:

    November 29, 2012 at 6:35 am

    Propper speling iz overated.

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12. Mark Collins says:

    November 29, 2012 at 8:20 am

    My condolences to you. Typos are humanizing…not to worry. I’ve become more conscious of my spelling and grammar as a result of this blog. A hearty thank you to you and everyone else who visits your/our living room!

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13. patbuoncristiani says:

    December 1, 2012 at 10:33 am

    I taught five and six year olds for years. I love invented spelling.

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    • LG says:

      December 1, 2012 at 11:41 am

      Yeah, but technological devices are devoid of invention when it comes to auto-correct. I have had the darn iPad sneak in the strangest words automatically–words that suggest a completely other world of thinking. Clearly, programmers at tech companies have a different thought-process compared to me. Maybe we should be happy that these devices do not suggest words based on content. No one would have original thoughts outside of these programmers.

      A good rule is “type once, read over twice, then send.”

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