Students who struggle with their spelling lessons may have trouble finding positive reinforcement from some school signs we found spelled incorrectly. Check out these signs that spell trouble:
"SHCOOL X-NG" sign lacking "street smarts" – Since July of last year students at Marta Valle High School on New York City's Lower East Side have had to view a painted street sign outside of their school that was spelled wrong.
"People older than us always tell us to make sure we spell stuff right and this sign is wrong right in front of us," said Tanaysha Ebron, a senior at the school.
The sign, spelled "SHCOOL X-NG" on Stanton Street was corrected Tuesday.
"PUBIC schools" sign removed – A billboard meant to tout South Bend, Indiana, schools was removed after it caused a big stir in 2010. The billboard encouraged local residents to check out the "15 best things about our PUBIC schools." The sign was supposed to say "public" but the letter "l" was accidentally left out. Affiliate WSBT reported the company that created the billboard advertisement said the ad was proofread by four people and the typo was missed by all of them.
Too cool for "SCOHOL" – A "SCOHOL" zone sign in Lauderhill, Florida, attracted a lot of unwanted attention last year near Banyan Elementary School. Lauderhill resident Keith Mahl jokingly told affiliate WSVN the crew that made the mistake should be "sent back to third grade and given an 'F' for spelling." The company responsible for the error told WSVN the letters "h" and "o" are on the same stencil and they accidentally painted the letters with the stencil upside down.
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Oh, Lord.....
They should all be fired! Or, it is fryed. Whatever.....
He needs to go back to shcool. lol
as does the CNN writer who thinks "gotta" is a real word.
This is exactly the malpractice that makes a person scream. If these signs were vetted by a group of people,I simply don't get it.Another waste of tax payer money in these towns.
Vetted by a group of people? Tasked with watching the misspellings get placed, or programmed? Gee, that wouldn't be too expensive. Mistakes happen, but they get fixed. BTW, the repair costs are most likely covered under warranty, and are done at the contractors expense. No extra taxpayer funds. Relax.
Slow news day, CNN? This is nothing new.
That's what happens when they keep cutting pay and benefits.....lol
I donet undrstand whats rong withe that srteet sine?
how come everybody at the schools are always like make sure you spell check and then these goofballs turn right around and do the opposite? Hypocrates.
Hypocrates? Oh, I get it, yore being eyeronic.
All I can say is: "That's whey hcool!"
This another why story. If you want your 15 minutes of fame, screw up the school Xing sign. CNN! Why do you think people do stuff like this?
Question! How many people wrote a letter too there parents and friends in the last five years?
spelling? grammar? "too" should be "to", and "there" should be "their". Guess you are one of those that painted those signs.
has even got us laughing at our dumbing down! ;(
@fox in a box and @wi jones, please tell us your blogs are just a funny with the typos. We all do that.
I thought I were durning very well in grammar! after all I started work at six or seven years old and went to school half day early fall and early spring. I am a true blue southren and we are proud of the way we speak English.
I don't get it. You're painting the letters on the street, shouldn't it have clicked when you check the work? Oh wait, they weren't english speaking hired help. I guess that happens when you cut the budget and hire low wagers.
Hey, it's in Florida. Watt elz dew u xspect frum dem Peeple ?
Don't start snapping ... on Ebonics now....its a legit dialect..hehe