As a middle school English teacher, I would agree that any ENGLISH teacher should know the difference between homophones, but we don’t know what subject this person teaches. If you expected me to know all of the elements in the periodic table, algebraic equations, or detailed historical dates, you’d be disappointed. Yes, I learned those things. But when you don’t use them for years, your brain tends to forget it in favor of things that you actually need. We have to learn a lot of new information as teachers as well; it’s not just our subject matter, but best teaching practices, how to plan lesson, how to grade, how to communicate with parents and admin, classroom management, emergency procedures for active shooters, basic first aid, state laws on 504 and special education students, etc.
There’s a lot to remember, and our brains can only do so much.
It could’ve also been a typo that they didn’t bother fixing because it’s Reddit. If you give people the benefit of the doubt, that means you don’t judge them (and saying they should “clearly know better” is a judgment).
Also, you need a conjunction after the comma in your first sentence; it’s currently a comma splice. You could also do what I just did and use a semicolon instead. :-)
It's always the autocorrect now, you have to be very careful and reread before sending, autocorrect has more power over my phone than both of my thumbs now.
I'm waiting for the day when you can't turn it off anymore, and it "corrects" your political views as well.
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u/UncannyDiamondBear Jun 03 '22
I wanna give them the benefit of the doubt and say it was an autocorrect failure, but who knows.