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Complex Numbers #486866 added February 9, 2007 at 5:07pm
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It's about that time...
Yep, time once again for News of the Wrong.
From the "I know you are but what am I" department comes this tale of a Assachussets senator giving his high-school critics what for. Boy, he showed them!
http://tinyurl.com/2o2pxj
From the Department Of I Fucking Told You So:
http://tinyurl.com/ypl38e
Sure, they still commit the classic blunders -- like the commonly used "ain't." But an increasing number of Austin's eighth-graders also submit classwork containing "b4," "ur," "2" and "wata" -- words that may confuse adults but are part of the teens' everyday lives ... "I'm always having to instruct my students against using it."
Now, look, there's an appropriate place for lingo - your cell phone text message area. MAYBE IRC. Certainly not writing.com scroll - most of us are here to write, and we don't get better by typing shortcuts.
Oh, and I wouldn't "instruct my students against using it," I'd simply fail students who use it. Oh, right, you're not allowed to do that anymore are you?
From the Cassandra Department:
http://tinyurl.com/yq8yr9
And, finally, a heartworming story about the Second Coming:
http://tinyurl.com/2x364p
On that note, everyone have a great weekend - and remember: don't vacation in Papua New Guinea! |
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