Thursday, June 5, 2008

Ohio Students Get Proof of Their Education by Receiving Diplomas With It Misspelled

The following AP article appeared on a number of sites including Fox News and CNN.

Ohio Students Get Proof of Their Education by Receiving Diplomas With It Misspelled

WESTLAKE, Ohio — A Cleveland-area principal says he is embarrassed his students got proof of their "educaiton" on their high school diploma.

Westlake High School officials misspelled "education" on the diplomas distributed this weekend. It's been the subject of mockery on local radio.

Principal Timothy Freeman says he sent the diplomas back once to correct another error. When the corrected diplomas came back, no one bothered to check the things they thought were right the first time.

Publisher Jostens has reprinted the new diplomas — a third attempt — and sent them to the 330 graduates.


1 comment:

PJ said...

It's actually scary...

Our collective respect for our language diminishes daily--have you ever read a teenager's text message? There's not a word in that "TXTing-lish" language that even remotely resembles a real word.

We're allowing our civilization to erode with the decline of our language...

Read more at http://www.myndfood.com/2008/06/decline-of-civilization.html