Chicagoist: Schooled

smussy

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:18:06 -0600

yeah. hopefully, it will be all right. not alright.

lamgray

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:43:52 -0600

Perhaps if they gave schools the money promised to them in budgets, they could afford an "S" or two. . .

Rachelle Bowden

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:40:45 -0600

When I was out in Cape Cod last month there was a tutoring place we kept driving past called "Tutors Is Us." It made me want to beat my head against the car door!

ophmarketing

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:38:56 -0600

@Ingrid: "Shorthand" is one thing. Blatant displays of ignorance (on a SCHOOL nonetheless) are another. If they were low on "S's" wouldn't it have been quicker, easier, and less embarassing just to abbreviate Tuesday as "TUE" rather than leaving it as "TUEDAY"? As for the "SCHOOL START" problem, perhaps using the phrase "SCHOOL OPENS" would have solved the problem.

ophmarketing

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:32:50 -0600

@jllevoc: That "everyday" thing is one of my pet peeves, too. And unfortunately, it seems to be getting more and more common to use it as one word, no matter what the context, proper spelling and grammar be damned. People are just irredeemably stupid, I guess. Added bonus nit: Those El car signs actually say "Just go to school today and everyday," apparently playing off the "Just go to school" campaign from a few years back. (Sorry, make that the "Just go! to school" campaign. Can't forget the exclamation point in the middle of the sentence, can we?) So it's an awkwardly-constructed sentence with an improperly used word at the end, along with as an occasional spare puncutation mark. I'm so proud of CPS.

Albanyparkour

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:29:58 -0600

"Go to school today, and everyday." Oh dear god, YES I saw that and it made me die a little inside. Just as an experiment, I plugged that sentence into Word and ran the Spelling/Grammar check. Yeah, it flagged it. They didn't even...run...spellcheck. Those kids are DOOMED.

jllevoc

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:41:57 -0600

On a similar note, has anyone seen the Chicago Public Schools advertisements in the El cars? The theme this year is "Go to school today, and everyday." Now how are you going to get kids interested in education when you, the public school district, can't even discern when to use the word "everday." Lesson: when a noun, the words are separate, when an adjective, you can put them together.

Retardo Montalban

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:37:08 -0600

They can't even spell "Anderson" right. LULZ

Ingrid

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:20:12 -0600

Coming down so hard them...sheesh....isn't that the whole point of these outdoor boards, I mean to use shorthand when they don't have enough letters? And considering that it's mostly the janitors who do these jobs, does it make you all feel so superior that you catch their little glitches?

HateBrianClub

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:10:38 -0600

Should I be worrie?

Albanyparkour

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:53:22 -0600

They could have bought a couple "S's" for fifty cent. Navin shoot, he score!

Navin

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:43:22 -0600

They could have bought a couple "S's" for fifty cent.

Wes Sabi

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:35:12 -0600

They could have at least used some 5s for Ss.

peteypants

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:34:09 -0600

i no see what wrong with that.

tothecurb

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:34:05 -0600

Maybe they were just short on Ss (Ses? S's?)

Ingrid

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:23:25 -0600

If only! The district we're in, school starts next week. I think that it just sucks when school starts in August. There should be a law prohibiting that!!!!!