high school dropout correnting people's spelling

boxwine_in_hell

pirljamgirl wrote:

i still need to watch storytellers. anyone know when this will be on again?

I think you're screwed. That's why TIVO is a beautiful thing. You can come over to my house and watch it.

catefrances

pirljamgirl wrote:

i still need to watch storytellers. anyone know when this will be on again?

yep. whenever i go into my living room and pop the tape in.

i thought it was uncalled for but we all do dumbarse things once in awhile. and ultimately i don't care either way.
but next time you're at a gig and ed forgets the words call him loudly on it. i'm sure he'd appreciate it.

prytocorduroy

cutback wrote:

Why was it unneeded? If I'm reading something aloud and it has a misspelling I'm gonna acknowledge it. For christsakes it was "climb"!! I learned to spell that when I was what, 6. What sort of opinion are you looking for here? Schooling is not a sign of intelligence.

I agree here. The fucking word was climb.
If it were a tricky word like bologna, then maybe that would be different and it would've been uncalled for.

sponger

Call me old fashioned and pessimistic, but it doesn't seem like anybody is learning anything in high school these days anyway. Point in fact, I've worked with "college graduates" who can barely put together a cohesive report.

hippiemom

sponger wrote:

Call me old fashioned and pessimistic, but it doesn't seem like anybody is learning anything in high school these days anyway. Point in fact, I've worked with "college graduates" who can barely put together a cohesive report.

Shit .... there are some college graduates who can't put together a coherent message board post.

Ahnimus

hippiemom wrote:

Shit .... there are some college graduates who can't put together a coherent message board post.

I roxorz and pwnz mit my G9 edumacation adn Isle pop a revolusion all over this bitch.

ThumbingMyWay32

sponger wrote:

Call me old fashioned and pessimistic, but it doesn't seem like anybody is learning anything in high school these days anyway. Point in fact, I've worked with "college graduates" who can barely put together a cohesive report.

I can hardly remember any one particular thing I learned in high school but I think it's pretty neat how things you hardly remember even paying attention to can be pulled to the front of your mind in mere milliseconds. Maybe that sounds odd or perhaps I should have been a neurologist? Just interesting...

It's kind of like peripheral vision to me, I think? If that makes sense.

justam

hrd2imgn wrote:

I was watching Storytellers (again) and I find it rather hypocritical(not really sure if this word fits the idea I have) of Ed to be making fun of people for not spelling correctly. Coming from a guy who never even finished high school I find that message rather contradictory.

Now I don't care why he dropped out, the fact is he did drop out, and to belittle people on national TV for spelling something wrong, well I find it bullshit. If he was on the honor roll I could care less, I just find it a crock of shit he is being so condescending on TV towards the person who could not spell. I know you don't need a high school diploma to be successful, brilliant, and all the rest of the adjectives. I know Ed has risen up over his past yada yada yada... but for a guy who tries to be soo real I found it kind of a prick move myself.

Coming from a guy who regularly makes up words and tenses for his songs you'd think he would stay away from that. I think he tries to justify his lack of education by saying he researched this or that. We congratufuckulations you researched it so you must be the authority now.

I love Ed, his music, his showmanship, but I found this to be a bad move by him.

Now lets keep the thread on task here, Was Ed out of line for calling out that dude for not spelling something correctly.

I am not all worked up about this, it is a minoredit) thing on the big picture. Just wondering how you thought when he called that person out in front of millions. Yes, I also know I spelled correcting incorrectly, I hit submit before I caught it, a few others as well.

keep this away from what it is to be a drop out and towards the idea of him being a jerk for calling uneeded attention to it

I don't think he mentioned it in a mean-spirited way.

I think it is rather unkind of you to harp on the fact that Ed didn't finish high school. He does seem like he reads a lot and many people who finished high school don't.

Why did it bother you so much? Do you make a lot of careless spelling errors? Did you take it personally? Was it YOUR note?

gabers

I think it's just Ed being Ed. Kind of like if Rick James called you a bitch. Doesn't mean he didn't like you. Your education level maybe SHOULD indicate how well you can spell and put together a sentence but in reality doesn't. I worked with a guy with a masters in Industrial Hygiene that couldn't put together a coherent e-mail to save his life. I have an 8-year old niece from Peru who could do better - in English.

LikeAnOcean

hrd2imgn wrote:

I was watching Storytellers (again) and I find it rather hypocritical(not really sure if this word fits the idea I have) of Ed to be making fun of people for not spelling correctly. Coming from a guy who never even finished high school I find that message rather contradictory.

I'd like to add, most people know how to spell by third grade.. you don't need to go to high school for spelling... If you are being taught spelling in high school, you're probably taking the short bus.

gimmesometruth27

"climed"....what a dumbass.

ed read the question aloud, as he is supposed to do in that situation, and i am sure he found it funny so he shared it with the crowd. he did not ridicule the guy's education, he just pointed out how the word was spelled. if i were speaking and held the floor in that situation i doubt that i would have let it go without saying something. but thats just my personality.

sponger

LikeAnOcean wrote:

I'd like to add, most people know how to spell by third grade.. you don't need to go to high school for spelling... If you are being taught spelling in high school, you're probably taking the short bus.

lmao.."the short bus".

thatirwinfella

I haven't read all the other posts but can anyone else see the irony of the thread title?

My count is five mistakes; one spelling and four punctuation.

Heineken Helen

I thought it was funny but I soon thought twice about laughing as a dyslexic board member here rightfully was slightly offended. I think he'd reconsider pointing it out again because possibly the person who wrote the question WAS dyslexic rather than stupid!

electronblue

ed pushed 'chuckles' in his cart...check your cart for 'morons'...~

whoops!..


really only joking...~

Carlos D

Wait,didn't Ed go back to finish his final year in shcool?

even flow?

I only listen to bands who have at least one high school dropout in them. Long live PJ and dropouts!

floyd1975

I find some of his attitudes to be condescending. I don't really care though.

tooferz

ahahahaaha this thread is a trip. BAD SPELLERS UNTIE!

boxwine_in_hell

hrd2imgn wrote:

I was watching Storytellers (again) and I find it rather hypocritical(not really sure if this word fits the idea I have) of Ed to be making fun of people for not spelling correctly. Coming from a guy who never even finished high school I find that message rather contradictory.

Now I don't care why he dropped out, the fact is he did drop out, and to belittle people on national TV for spelling something wrong, well I find it bullshit. If he was on the honor roll I could care less, I just find it a crock of shit he is being so condescending on TV towards the person who could not spell. I know you don't need a high school diploma to be successful, brilliant, and all the rest of the adjectives. I know Ed has risen up over his past yada yada yada... but for a guy who tries to be soo real I found it kind of a prick move myself.

Coming from a guy who regularly makes up words and tenses for his songs you'd think he would stay away from that. I think he tries to justify his lack of education by saying he researched this or that. We congratufuckulations you researched it so you must be the authority now.

I love Ed, his music, his showmanship, but I found this to be a bad move by him.

Now lets keep the thread on task here, Was Ed out of line for calling out that dude for not spelling something correctly.

I am not all worked up about this, it is a minoredit) thing on the big picture. Just wondering how you thought when he called that person out in front of millions. Yes, I also know I spelled correcting incorrectly, I hit submit before I caught it, a few others as well.

keep this away from what it is to be a drop out and towards the idea of him being a jerk for calling uneeded attention to it

And this coming from someone that doesn't like to have their spelling "corrented" by a high school dropout. It's base level irony, but still good. Thanks for giving me a chuckle.