S-C-H-O-O-L is how you usually see it painted on City streets near public and private schools, but somebody made a mistake when painting in outside a school on Manhattan’s Lower East Side and spelled it “SHCOOL X-NG” and worst of all, it’s been that way for several months, according to the New York Post.

“It’s sad,” Derek Pacheco, a Flushing securities-industry worker who passes by on his way to work, told the Post. “It speaks volumes about the dumbing down of American culture.”

The City blames a utility contractor for the mistake and says the error will be corrected.

Nearby residents blame school officials for not noticing the mistake that’s been there for several months.

Read the full article at NYPost.com.