1. “Wrong! Your response is wrong.” Error Analysis

2. “We all make mistakes.” Error Analysis

3. “We learn from our mistakes.” Error Analysis

4. “Teachers also should learn from a parent’s mistake.” Error Analysis

6. Dear Teacher: Please excuse Jane on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday. She had an absent tooth. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

7. Dear Teacher: The basement of our house got flooded where the children slept so they had to be evaporated Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

8. Dear Teacher: I am sorry Cathy was not at school on Friday as it was my day off work so I took her to the fair along with her brother and sister. I had to treat them all equal or if I didn’t there would have been an awful squabble. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

9. Dear Teacher: Cheryl has been away from school because of childbirth. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

10. Dear Teacher: Diana was away Friday afternoon because she was sick and had craps in her stomach. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

11. Dear Teacher: Lynda was away as she had a stripe infection and a swallon gland. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

12. Dear Teacher: Anne did not do her homework because I couldn’t understand it. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications