I just read one of my own posts & cringed when I discovered all of the misspelled words. Luckily we have an "edit" button.
Yes, we're not in school. And yes, a post is not an essay. But the sloppy spelling does matter, for this is a public domain. We represent nursing to the consumers & potential nurses perusing this board, and to one another. Poor spelling makes the writer look like an idiot (ditto with charting).
Each time this issue is brought up, the messenger is beaten to a pulp. Please forgive me for pointing this out, but it does matter.
I have a problem with being unable to see my errors on first exam. If I can come back in a little while I see them all right away. I don't know what causes that.
When you write something, whether here or elsewhere, you are presenting yourself...your ideas and thoughts. Poor spelling is a reflection on yourself. People tend to take less seriously, a message that has poor grammar and spelling. Better to look the word up than to be embarrassed.
When you write something, whether here or elsewhere, you are presenting yourself...your ideas and thoughts. Poor spelling is a reflection on yourself. People tend to take less seriously, a message that has poor grammar and spelling. Better to look the word up than to be embarrassed.
As a mother of four and trying to teach them to spell. Well, going to the teachers and saying "this is spelled incorrectly", was just not good enough. They're response was, "well we are not grading them on spelling, we are grading them on content".
When I need to orient a new employee to a position, of course I take note of wether or not they can read, write or spell. Charting is a major part of nursing. If it wasn't charted it wasn't done.
Orient? Orientate
They're? Their
wether? whether
Being a mother of a son that has a learning disability, I am finding it hard not to jump in here.
He is 12 yrs old, and has struggled since 3rd grade. His IQ is 128, which is considered highly intelligent, if it was 130 he would be gifted.
He has an LD with Written Expression. He knows the words, but when it comes to putting them down on paper, he gets mixed up, he can't put punctuation where it belongs....he can't figure out how to spell a word. He is in a program at school, where he doesn't get counted off for his spelling, and he never will. Nor his punctuation, because at this point he CAN'T do it. I don't know if he will ever be able to spell or punctuate. What I do know is, he is smarter than most of the kids in his class, he has a great sense of humor, and he has the potential to be ANYTHING that he wants to be.
To imply that spelling is the single most important character of professionalism, is unprofessional to say the least.
Most of the people that are posting, that they can't tolerate misspelled words, are misspelling words, and even misspelling the word MISSPELLING, for christs sake....
This discussion is pure predjudice, and I CRINGED while reading it.........
As a mother of four and trying to teach them to spell. Well, going to the teachers and saying "this is spelled incorrectly", was just not good enough. They're response was, "well we are not grading them on spelling, we are grading them on content".
When I need to orient a new employee to a position, of course I take note of wether or not they can read, write or spell. Charting is a major part of nursing. If it wasn't charted it wasn't done.
Orient? Orientate
They're? Their
wether? whether
Being a mother of a son that has a learning disability, I am finding it hard not to jump in here.
He is 12 yrs old, and has struggled since 3rd grade. His IQ is 128, which is considered highly intelligent, if it was 130 he would be gifted.
He has an LD with Written Expression. He knows the words, but when it comes to putting them down on paper, he gets mixed up, he can't put punctuation where it belongs....he can't figure out how to spell a word. He is in a program at school, where he doesn't get counted off for his spelling, and he never will. Nor his punctuation, because at this point he CAN'T do it. I don't know if he will ever be able to spell or punctuate. What I do know is, he is smarter than most of the kids in his class, he has a great sense of humor, and he has the potential to be ANYTHING that he wants to be.
To imply that spelling is the single most important character of professionalism, is unprofessional to say the least.
Most of the people that are posting, that they can't tolerate misspelled words, are misspelling words, and even misspelling the word MISSPELLING, for christs sake....
This discussion is pure predjudice, and I CRINGED while reading it.........
oramar
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I have a problem with being unable to see my errors on first exam. If I can come back in a little while I see them all right away. I don't know what causes that.