We had to read what some students wrote last year for the STAAR exam. Here is one of them.
In case you can't read that, here is what it said, everything typed exactly as written!
TECHNOLIGIE! every one has to know that word if not googel
it on your pice of technoligie see that thing you call a computer or hello you
cell phone thats all modern technoligie yeu con text ,email ,Face chat ,
Facebook ,any thing. What many people dont know is how that pice oF technoligie
charge our live completly , how about I tell you lets go back in time for a
littel . Your at home munching on a corrot When a robber breaks through your
windo what’s the First thing you do? I hope you run but as your running your
doing what dialing all on your cell phone oop’s you cant no cell phones so then
what now you got ta jump scream kich bum technoligie saved your like because
that cell phone can be tracked by satelights and track you to go send the
police to your front door you dont even have to talk you see there are many
more reasons that technoligie has changed our lives but that was the
mestimronant .so you think about think now technoligie has changed your life!
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My inner editor is sitting in a corner growing mushrooms and crying right now. When I read this, here are some things that come to mind:
1. Technology. Technology. Spell it right, please.
2. "if not googel it on your pice of technoligie." Seriously? If they don't know what "technoligie" means, how can they look it up on their "pice of technologie"?? Logic=nonexistant.
3. Okay, Google is pretty much the search engine of the world. Can you not even spell that right?
4. "hello you cell phone"? Who are you writing to?
5. ...what does a carrot have to do with technology? What does a ROBBERY have to do with technology?! What is the likelihood of your home being broken into while you're still in it, and you thinking to dial absolutely everyone on your contact list? Why would you even do that, anyway?
6. **You're. You're. You're. You're. You're. You're. You're. You're. You're. You're. You're. You're. Please, if nothing else, just get that right.....
7. Is there any punctuation in that that has been used correctly?
I could rant about this nonstop for about 3 days, but I think you can see where I'm coming from. If you wrote this, I'm sorry if I offended you. Please get a tutor.
That is all.
