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iePolitics: Hesperia Teachers Association

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Here is the text from a full-page ad that was on the back page of Section A of Sunday’s Press Dispatch.  I don’t know what such an ad would cost, but one would think that if one was going to spend this kind of money, the ad would be proofread before going to print.  The blogger who can locate the most punctuation, grammar and syntax errors wins . . . well you get a warm, fuzzy feeling for being an English major.  Any wonder why our children’s test scores are in the toilet?  I can only hope that those who wrote this ad are among the 171 teachers who have already been laid off. Continue reading →

iePolitics: Grammar, Spelling, and Facebook

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First of all, I was happy to see that the photo was removed from the official’s Facebook page.  I knew it was not something they would allow if they had known it was there to begin with.  Although they are not currently running for public office, I think any politico understands that is not the sort of photo one wants on anything connected with them.  There are a certain segments of the population, especially older folks and the religious right who vote in higher percentages, who would be offended.  Such things can come back to haunt at the most inopportune moments.  Image is everything.

And the necessity of creating a professional image is the real point to this post. Continue reading →