Because CNN is possibly the best place to find stupid irreverent celebrity news, I decided to check it on the off-chance that it might offer something useful to the betterment of humanity. Alas, I was disappointed once again. But I found something that tweaked my switch.
Quoting from CNN.com; “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.
This "instant messaging-speak" or "IM-speak" emerged more than a decade ago. Used in e-mail and cell phone text messages, most teens are familiar with this tech talk and use it to flirt, plan dates and gossip.”
Just what we need; more eighth-graders polluting the vernacular of the English language.
I live on the internet lurking on message boards and I see people with the stunted mentality that "lol" constitutes as a sentence, period, comma, semi-colon, colon, and every other part of speech and punctuation. If I were a teacher, I would teach lessons on how not to piss anyone off on the internet.
"The IM-speak is so prevalent now," said Austin, a language arts teacher at Stonewall Jackson Middle School in Orlando. "I'm always having to instruct my students against using it."
It's not a giant mystery how to teach children to type two more letters. That's all it would take to keep these teachers from grading "ur" paper with a huge F written in Shakespeare's blood. I know it's a huge chore to type "your." Skip the "yo" and just go to the "ur", right?
I'm not making this up, 100% true story. I was minding my own business on the internet and an IM window comes up. I can't be bother to remember this guy's screen name.
someguy: hi
Leafia: Hello.
someguy: u rp?
Leafia: I only Roleplay with people who use proper grammar and take the time to write two extra letters.
someguy: lol
Leafia: 'lol' means you have nothing else to say.
someguy: lol
Leafia: You know when you read something you come away from it thinking you just got stupider?
someguy: yea
Leafia: This is one of them.
someguy: lmao
And after that I blocked the guy and went out to go cut down a tree in the Amazon that had a nest of endangered baby birds in it out of spite. But I saved the baby birds and taught them to type correctly.
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1 comment:
Brilliant, yet these are opinions, not who you are--a way to obfuscate the real issues, defense by distraction; so it won't do as a journal, since it is not you dealing with your issues in the privacy and wonder of your own heart. Let's discuss.
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