Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
G'day Uncle Ho, it's been going on for a long time. I think I've recounted before the story of a visit to a school open night at Ceduna back in 1970. When I commented on the work marked correct when it was patently full of spelling errors, I was told they didn't correct them as it would stifle the children's creativity.

I retorted to the teacher "So you can't spell either?" A reply was not forthcoming.
It's not just spelling Ron. I checked my daughter's maths book at her open evening to find that several of her incorrect answers were ticked as being correct. I questioned the teacher and got told, "Well she's normally correct, so I don't check that closely."

No wonder literature and science are going down the tubes.