We're the kids.... - ...of the new generation!

Doot · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 5:54 pm Post subject:

Girl baffles teacher with SMS essay

LONDON (Reuters) - An English essay written by a teenager in text messaging short-hand has reignited concern among teachers that literacy standards are under threat.
The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday that the 13-year-old's teacher could not decipher what the youngster had written.

"I could not believe what I was seeing. The page was riddled with hieroglyphics, many of which I simply could not translate," the teacher told the newspaper.

The teenager's essay which caused the problem began:

"My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kids FTF. ILNY, it's a gr8 plc."

In translation:

"My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York. It's a great place."

Judith Gillespie, of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council, told the newspaper a decline in grammar and written English was partly linked to the text messaging craze.

"Pupils think orally and write phonetically," she said.

Reverend · I kin Age: 41 Gender: Joined: 21 Oct 2002

And pretty soon we'll be hearing the head of the UN security council going "OMG WTF Sadm is f4g yo." Who else wants to go with me to London now, hunt this kid down, and smack some sense into him?

BWS-1 · Otaku Lord Gender: Joined: 25 Sep 2002

That's a joke right?

...

right!?

O GOD TELL ME IT'S A JOKE!!!

Suspect

Ming · DOOM! Gender: Joined: 13 Jan 2003

Unfortunately, this is probably not a joke. THIS is what we have become...

It's scary.

Minosheep · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 6:25 pm Post subject:

OMG! Dis iz so stpd, LOL! WTF r thz kds thnkin? Dey r stpd! LOL!

Reverend · I kin Age: 41 Gender: Joined: 21 Oct 2002

All the more reason that we should be taking control of this world, then we can set everyone straight!

Tobias · *explodes* Age: 38 Gender: Joined: 17 Jan 2003

im confoosed.

*Tobias is confoosed*

Akira · Ambers biotch Age: 35 Gender: Joined: 27 Oct 2002

Blah blah blah blah bla...BLAH BLAH!!!!!! BLAHHHHHH

tht iz so stpd cuz it b rely RTRTD!!!

Al Da teach. had 2 do wuz tel da grl to rewrit. it.

ya c? iz dum ain it?

Metal Man · Mastermind Gender: Joined: 24 Sep 2002

I find it sad that people cannot discern the difference between English and messenging language... (see Romeo and Juliet post this morning ^_^)

I plan to write an entire essay in leet speak.

"...|/V t3|-| n0\/31 "t|-|3 10|2D 0f t3|-| F1|35" |3Y
|11|4|V| G01D|/VG, t|-|3 C|-|4|24Ct3|2 |241P|-| |23P|2353/Vt5 0|2D3|2 4/VD G0\/3|2/V|V|3/Vt..."

The joys of wannabe hacker language ^_^

Reverend · I kin Age: 41 Gender: Joined: 21 Oct 2002

Lord of the Flies in l33t? Why not, they ended up with an anime of it. Except it was on a spaceship, and it had Mecha, and aliens, and angst, and bishounen, and sibling rivalry, and was slow to build...