The Associated Press reports that Bret Chenkin, an English teacher at Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vt., gave the quiz several months ago, and it asked kids to fill in the right word on questions like this one:
"I wish Bush would be (coherent, eschewed) for once during a speech, but there are theories that his everyday diction charms the below-average mind, hence insuring him Republican votes."
("Coherent" is the right answer.)
Can you believe this guy is a so-called English teacher? A vocabulary test ... and he can't even spell "ensuring"!
4 comments:
LOL, that is actually funny. I wish there was a spell check on these comment boxes though. I am horrible at it, but I am also not an English teacher teaching the future kids how to spell. ; )
Brandi
Here's one for the English teacher:
(insuring/ensuring)
--Richard Tallent (www.tallent.ius)
Feeling very silly now... just saw the last paragraph in your post ;)
--Richard
Spell Check is your friend...
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