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Whoops: School Billboard Is Missing One Important Letter
- Posted on September 22, 2010 at 1:13am by
Meredith Jessup
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An advertisement for public schools in South Bend, Ind., effectively demonstrates the importance of proofreading:
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Comments (171)
hiramsmaxim
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:37amThere”s your sign !
Report Post »megansmom
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:33amyep, I think I’ll stick to homeschooling.
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 10:42amDoes it bother you to have to pay for public education? Or is there an exemption? I have been considering home education if the Christian School becomes too expensive.
Report Post »blue j
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 5:24pmNickylouse, I‘m a hs’ing parent as well. And to answer you about your tax break question… not on your life do we get a break. I suppose it’s no more annoying than those who have no children or whose children are grown and no longer in PS. There are so many ways that government is broken at this point. The sad part is that sub par has become so prevalent that it‘s no longer drawing the attention it should from parents and each district’s taxpayers. On the other hand, let someone mention that there is no money for PS sports, specifically football in my area, and you’d think the world was coming to an end from the public uproar. Priorities are so skewed it’s not funny.
Report Post »harnan
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:22pmMy kids, who are all grown, were home-schooled for a few years and attended both private and public schools at various times. You folks may need to remember that universal schooling is one of the bedrock principles of our nation. Also, we all benefit from an educated populace and suffer from an uneducated one. Not everyone can afford private education and limiting a decent education to only those who have the means for private school would be a HUGE step backward and would be a disservice to us all.
Report Post »stinkybisquit
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:20amAt least they didn’t have the 15 breast things.
Report Post »flamedone1968
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:43amDamn! that would have made the sign complete. still LMAO
Report Post »flamedone1968
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:10amInstead of a principal they have a dic-tator?
Report Post »flamedone1968
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:39amOh man. This is the gift that keeps giving. I wonder if the janitor is named Chester?
It’s nice to have some entertaining stuff to laugh at to.
How about a sound off to let the Lefties, and each other, know who “WE THE PEOPLE” are.
Report Post »I’m 42, male, truck driver, and I live in California. I’ve worked in the past as a finish carpenter, mechanic, dock worker, whatever would pay the bills… My parents immigrated from Canada in the 50′s and my wife was born in Mexico City and is a U.S. citizen. We have a 14 year old daughter. I recently bought property in Arizona near the Grand Canyon and plan to start building in a year maybe two. I don’t know what an African/American is but I have a good American friend who happens to be black and used to be my boss when we worked together.
DagneyT
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:08amGovernment-run schools? LOL The same government who wants to run our health care? Scary!
Report Post »harnan
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 6:52pmThis sign was created by a private company, NOT the government. You know, private companies, who are supposed to do everything correctly as opposed to the government. Do NOT blame the government for this.
lovingparent
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:02amYes, it was created by a private company, but I’m pretty sure that it had to be approved by SOMEONE at the schools. So, yes, it DOES go back to the school.
Report Post »flamedone1968
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:07amWell… so much for “don’t ask, don’t tell.” LMAO
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:02amNow we have the mexicans speaking ebonics.
Report Post »AirMueller
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 6:55amI can’t think of a better ad for public schools!
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 6:07amThe sign has it right and says it all.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 6:02amWhat could have been a mere close shave turned out to be a pretty hairy situation… someone’s ass is getting waxed over this one, and rightly so. Yank ‘em out if they can’t stay straight, I say.
CherryBerry
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 4:55amWhat else can we say about our great educators in public schools? There it is for all to see, nothing else to say.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 5:55amFolks… the sign IS correct.
Report Post »It’s EBONICS class english 101.
You pubic jus dun git id!
washington dclxvi
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 3:00ampictureworth1000words
Report Post »washington dclxvi
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 2:59ampicture/1000/words
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 2:34amHilarious! Could you make a better joke on purpose?
Report Post »Dakota
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 2:17amYa..well, welcome to Obama’s America; where the intent is worth more than the correctness.
Report Post »harnan
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 6:53pmAnd this typo would be Obama’s fault …. how???????
Report Post »Revotelution
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 2:15amIf they have 15 Pubic schools, how many Public schools do they have?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 2:13amwhat EVERYONE IS MISSING………..the transfer of wealth that these people are talking about is not what Americans think it is. This is not a transference or redistribution of wealth from rich Americans to poor Americans….. dont seem to grasp the true concept. This is a redistribution of wealth FROM America to the rest of the poor……in the REST OF THE WORLD. You have to realize every American is considered rich compared to most median calculations of income to other countries. They have already started the machine by Obama shutting down drilling and giving upwards of 4 billion dollars to Brazil and Mexico to do exactly what Obama has shut down the U.S. from doing. In the same area in order to “save the world and environment.“ This was not done to ”save the environment”, but was done to limit our production and greatly assist in a poorer country to produce a product that we then will be forced to purchase from them. This has allready started with solar panels and light bulbs- (of all things……cheap to us right now, and you say so what, but everything is cheaper to make elswhere….mexico/ china etc. with the de- industrializing of our nation helped along by union reps (not union members mind you ) whose self stated goal is a world union….WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE……WORKING IN COLUSION WITH THIS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION and the FED in their goals to create a world bank and a world government that will strip America of its wealth and spread it around with them in control of everything this IS COMING AND MUCH SOONER THAN YOU THINK UNLESS WE STAND UP AND STOP IT
I do not believe our government has the countries best interests as a goal. I know these videos are kinda long but if you watch these videos and then look at the goals of the big union bosses words of a world government, the veiwpoints and ideologies of all the people working with this administration who controls the fed bank and glenn becks 9/21 show it will help you all to make a decision on what these peoples goals really are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5232639329002339531#
nsblues
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 3:30amthe copy and pasting is getting annoying, this is spam.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 4:52am@NSBLUES NO IT ISNT it is my words on a viewpoint that explains this administration and past administrations why dont you watch the videos then you can tell me if its spam
Report Post »str8istheg8
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 5:09amThey started by redistributing the letter :L:?
flamedone1968
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:16amHe has a point… share the videos as they are good and important just make the post short… put the links at the bottom like a signature. If you anoy everyone and get booted you loose the ability to share important info and ideas.
Report Post »Bytor
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:35amAnd we are in deep, deep, doo-doo if we don’t stop this immediately.
I warning you people, this is not the road we want to go down. This will only server to impoverish the entire planet. You cannot build the wealth of someone by taking from someone else. It simply does not work, as has been proven time and again throughout history.
The world is better because of our wealth. Destroy our wealth and the rest of the world will suffer.
Report Post »palrider
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:57pmThere are a lot of Homers/sheepples out there. The American people are getting the kind of government
Report Post »they deserve unfortunately. Comrade Billy Boy Clinton started this with “free trade” and the “north america free trade agreement” Marxist/progressives usually have do things one step at a time and/or a little bit at a time so you don,t catch on. They first needed a world economic system to finish up with a global government (But this has been going on for decades). Andy Stern of SEIU basically said, “We developed everything (overtime), but forgot a GLOBAL GOVERNMENT”. This has all been done by design.
Read Karl Marxist’s Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto and you will see they are already in place in one way or another. Now they want to finish it by doing away with CAPITALISM.
Can’t remember who said it, “A nation who expects to be ignorant and free; is something that can not be”.
revolutionrosie
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 2:01amSounds about right to me. These should be all over CA& MA.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 1:51amShouldn’t the sign say
Report Post »“ 15 GOOD things”
instead of
“ 15 BEST things” ?
charliego
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:34amExcellent grammatical observation!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 3:11pmGlad someone else noticed.
Report Post »Uncle Dave
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:00amOr “15 of the BEST” …
Report Post »Patriotbeliever
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 1:45amIts a pity. The problem is that most people who graduated from public school coudnt see the spelling mistakes on the sigb because there schools didnt teach them to read right.
Report Post »leftylemn
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 3:28amdon’t take this the wrong way…but it’s “their schools”. Did you go to pubic school?
Report Post »FireTheLeft
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:26amPatriotBeliever, If I did not know better, I would think you proofread the billboard….
Report Post »Mikee T
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:23amYou know what people ? There is no need to get into a grammatically correct tiff here. Okay, we understand that some of you have decent vocabularies and understand grammar. To cite one of the people contributing here because they may not be as well versed in english grammar, is excessive and mean. If either of you would like to get into a grammar contest you can come see me…..stop the crap and stick to the cause which has nothing to do with someone making a grammatical error.
The point here is that there are “professionals” out here that are making serious money and have been charged with important things and they are categorically unqualified. For something like that to happen (this billboard error) is unconscionable. If you really want to research whats happening out here in education, as I have, you will undertand the reasons for this and will continue to see it daily. Our universities are a disgrace, plain and simple. The average ungraduate grade is an A-, an A- !!!! Can you believe that ? Meanwhile, our children are graduating without vocabulary skills, can’t do basic math and what can they do ? They have learned to speak to people in a politically correct manner, period. We are producing little progressive sheep out of our universities and if you think I don’t know what I am writing about, do the research yourself. School has become big business for liberals who I view as destructive, misguided people. I will give you one example as described by Angelo Codevilla in his book, “The Ruling Class”. Compare the state of Utah and the District of Columbia (Washington). For every dollar spent on education in Utah they average 2.7 SAT points. For every dollar spend in Washington (a school system infiltrated with left wing radicals) they receive .07 SAT points. Get it ? Generally speaking, I have had my fill with listening to liberals about anything at all. They have no substantive arguments about anything and are mean little people.
LANNY
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 7:22amWhat worries me is how many people proof read the sign before displaying it in pubic, uhh, I mean public.
Report Post »Miami
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 1:37amIs this a billboard warning preteens that pubic hairs are on their way…?
Report Post »leftylemn
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 1:32amMy guess is that the sign is probably correct. Some kind of federally funded sex school.
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 1:32amDo you really think it was a mistake??? I have my doubts. Sex education in the schools… a play on words…. and the new progressive agenda being unveiled at NBC’s progressive summit on public eduction to be held on September 26th. Too much coincidence. and I no longer believe in coincidences.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:10amAs our pastor likes to point out, “Coincidence is not a kosher word.”
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:38amI have to agree.. I read a book my sister gave me years ago and it states that there are no Coincidence‘s not even when you run into someone you haven’t seen for a long time.. you have INFORMATION to share.. THUS the reason you ran into them.. My spelling STINKS big time I am forever grateful for SPELL CHECKER.. my problem is I spell phonically so people KNOW what I am saying it’s just not spelled right..LOL..
Report Post »seriously
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:51amGet over yourself. Really? Drinking too much of that Limbaugh/Hannity/Beck kool aide are ya? You must have been one of those morons who thought the President addressing students was more liberal brainwashing. Let’s boil this down to what it really is. Some idiot in South Bend didn‘t proofread correctly and the spell checker didn’t catch it because pubic is a real word. Get over yourself and use your brain.
And also, it may help to spell education correctly if you are going to bash progressives.
Report Post »bkrizan
Posted on September 24, 2010 at 2:09am“Seriously: Get over yourself”????? Pot calling the kettle black, seems to me. Jumps dead in the middle of a tounge-in-cheek ironic comedy, and proceeds to thump that progressive Bible, telling us all to grow up and get serious, and get over ourselves. Go on back to Huffington Post, darlin’, until you grow up and learn how to read irony, and learn how to “get” sarcastic humor. Well, – oops, Huffington Post is the wrong polace to send you back to, if you want to learn how to just relax and breathe real oxygen, and have a real life. Um, Washington Post, maybe? Baby steps, hon – don’t try to go right into The Blaze – your brain will explode from the Culture Shock. Be nice, be polite, and realize that other people have an opinion, too – they really do have that right – and try to learn how to debate a point, without descending into name-calling, nastiness, and patronization: talking down to anyone, when you so obviously are brainwashed, only makes you look like twice the idiot. Deep Breaths.
Report Post »guyharvey314
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 1:29amCould only imagine what they teach it that school. Pubic lice awareness 101 I hear is a freshman required course.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:32amI believe you wiould have to say the correct term would be pubLic lice the, would it not?
Report Post »Sunny11
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:57amGrammar 101 for you would be wonderful as well. It‘s ’here’, not ‘hear’.
Freelancer
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:02amUmmm… Sunny my friend…. HEAR was spelled and used correctly there. WOW!
Report Post »1776Federalist
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:56amWell, waddaya expekt sinse we all probubly gradjeated frum the pubic skool systum oursellves?
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:22amhahahahahahahha!
YALL HAVE GOT TO STOP NOW, YA HERE?
Oh my side hurtz.
Report Post »PATRICKHENERY
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 1:25amThose who made the billboard graduated from their “pubic” schools.
PH
Report Post »GMLOGMD
wingedwolf
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:31amYes INDEED, and this is quite a DEB–ICK–UHL!!! LOL
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 7:48amIts got to be a plant.
Report Post »GreatAmerican
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 10:14amAnd the public school system say they are better educating our children. The NEA says we don’t need a voucher system. I think the NEA needs to go back to school and learn how to spell.
Report Post »d55may
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:17amwhatever happened to sounding out, pub..lic., guess phonics is dead.
independentvoteril
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:31amsign was made by an Illegal.. LOL..
Sefton
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 12:01pmThis is more government stimulus money at work.
Report Post »In this case, it’s a sign advertising our domestic genitalia washing program, coming soon to a pubic school near you.
Beckofile
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 12:47pmFreudian Slip?
TOES
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 4:15pmI can’t believe this has made national news. That’s my school corporation! The error is no reflection on the schools, it’s a reflection on the company that made the sign. (Which is digital, btw.) I still believe it’s a very bad joke.
Report Post »PONTIACKAZ
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 8:39pmI‘m from the South Bend area and it’s not a plant! And sadly, those in charge of proofreading it DID go to SB public schools! Is it any wonder the state of Indiana is threatening to take them over?
Report Post »Heirman
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 9:30pmI was born and raised in South Bend, IN and I know how to spell PUBLIC, but I did go to PRIVATE Schools my whole life.
Report Post »CT-Reader
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 4:54amIt’s not just there schools. I visited the site mentioned on the billboard. Clicked over to southbendin.gov and used the site search just for laughs. Their police and pubic safety personnel have better radios now – http://www.southbendin.gov/doc/Comm_ProgressReport2005.pdf – gives new meaning to the term Safe Sex.
Skwerl E. Muckenfutch
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 12:28pmReason 1026 why I will homeschool.
Report Post »H.Simpson
Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:52pmThis billboard may not be an error. Our schools do seem to have an keen interest in our children’s pubic areas.
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