Actually, in my drean the kittens were mouse-sized, and kept in mouse cages. There were at least 20, mostly black and tabbies, and the cages were labeled with their names.
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
New Zealand officially goes insane:
New Zealand's high school students will be able to use "text-speak" -- the mobile phone text message language beloved of teenagers -- in national exams this year, officials said.
New Zealand's Qualifications Authority said Friday that it still strongly discourages students from using anything other than full English, but that credit will be given if the answer "clearly shows the required understanding," even if it contains text-speak.
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OK, maybe I don't want to move to NZ anymore....
The reference to Snopes brought the Bonsai Kitten thing flooding back.
New Zealand's Qualifications Authority said Friday that it still strongly discourages students from using anything other than full English, but that credit will be given if the answer "clearly shows the required understanding," even if it contains text-speak.
FUCK. THAT.
New Zealand's high school students will be able to use "text-speak" -- the mobile phone text message language beloved of teenagers -- in national exams this year, officials said.
OMG they r nutz.
Im n ur class takin ur test.
New Zealand's high school students will be able to use "text-speak" -- the mobile phone text message language beloved of teenagers -- in national exams this year, officials said.
Geez. They're a long way from my high school, where we had automatic F errors for things like using the word "ain't" and writing "alot" instead of "a lot."
Funny, I was just complaining to my dad about the poor writing, both style and content, I see in published papers in this field. I told him to start beating that into his grad students and he just started laughing a little hysterically.
Alot ain't a word.