Looking out the superintendent’s office window, our science teacher asked me how to spell raffle.  Being a sucker for spelling, I spelled it–r-a-f-f-l-e. He smiled wryly and said, “That’s what I thought–it’s misspelled on the marquee outside.” Attempting to protect the school’s image (and let’s face it–I’d probably go into your yard and change a “For Sell” to “For Sale” sign or climb a billboard with a bucket of paint if it were misspelled), I went out to transpose the letters.  The sign had been up for days.  The message was announcing a softball tournament fundraiser and “raffel” for a former student who’d had a horrific motorcycle accident. The softball…