I just don't understand why spelling things out is difficult.
Of course, I'm a linguist. I spell things out in several freaky languages, just because I like orthography.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
StuntHusband - Sep 24, 2009 7:31:34 am PDT #10573 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
P.M. Marc - Sep 24, 2009 7:32:13 am PDT #10574 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
But the alternative would have been leaving it blank, presumably. So she wouldn't have gotten credit for that question anyway. Why should that have affected her correct answers on the rest of the quiz?
What Jessica Said.
Gudanov - Sep 24, 2009 7:32:26 am PDT #10575 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
but man, the idea of answering a question on a quiz or test with textspeak? Absurd.
What if it's an essay test with a 140 character limit for the answers?
Jessica - Sep 24, 2009 7:33:05 am PDT #10576 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Back in the day, we'd just write ? for ones we didn't know.
Yep, me too. I didn't want to give the impression that I'd just forgotten to answer the question.
P.M. Marc - Sep 24, 2009 7:33:21 am PDT #10577 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What if it's an essay test with a 140 character limit for the answers?
Hahahaha! That'd be AWESOME.
ChiKat - Sep 24, 2009 7:34:27 am PDT #10578 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
What if it's an essay test with a 140 character limit for the answers?
Now that's just funny and I may use that on a worksheet for next week. Answer the following question in 140 characters or less.
Polter-Cow - Sep 24, 2009 7:35:44 am PDT #10579 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aims, if your sister hadn't spelled out before the test that she would automatically fail any test that used text speak, then I'm somewhat, make that highly, affronted on the student's behalf. You shouldn't get negative credit for something like that unless the teacher has been explicit about it ahead of time.
I'm with Plei.
Jessica - Sep 24, 2009 7:36:11 am PDT #10580 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What if it's an essay test with a 140 character limit for the answers?
Would answers copied from another student be preceded with RT @smartypantssittinginfrontofme ?
Stephanie - Sep 24, 2009 7:43:31 am PDT #10581 of 30001
Trust my rage
I would never occur to me that it would be okay to use textspeak on any sort of exam. Or anything where I wanted to be taken seriously. I mean, with my peers, sure, but not something I'd do with my boss unless it had been made clear that it was okay previously. I see a teacher the same way.
I had a 7th grade English teacher that would mark the answer wrong if we wrote "a" instead of "A" on multiple choice questions.
Sparky1 - Sep 24, 2009 7:45:51 am PDT #10582 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
if your sister hadn't spelled out before the test that she would automatically fail any test that used text speak, then I'm somewhat, make that highly, affronted on the student's behalf.
I'm not sure I agree with this. Aims' sister isn't speaking to them in text speak, and she didn't write the question in text speak, so why would they expect to answer in text speak? Also, I bristle at the expectation that teachers should be the ones responsible for coming up with every possible wrong way a question might be answered.