Yeah, I mean obviously she was getting that question wrong, but making the rest of the answers not count is what is irksome, I think.
Even if that quiz doesn't matter in the larger scheme of things.
Mal: Can I come in? Inara: No. Mal: See? That's why I usually don't ask.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 8:16:35 am PDT #10611 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:19:02 am PDT #10612 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's not textspeak, it's not l33t. It's an abbreviation. How is a kid supposed to know that it's an unacceptable acronym?
Because it's a quiz. In school. Ostensibly for points that count toward your grade. I was a lazy student until I got to college (well, college this time around), but using abbreviations is something that I would have never done. Ever. Not even i.e. or eg..
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:21:28 am PDT #10613 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I see it like writing a paper. Mechanically, the stuff required of a paper might be there. Page numbers, citations, et cetra (hee!). But if the content is crap, I'm going to fail.
DavidS - Sep 24, 2009 8:22:06 am PDT #10614 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wouldn't use text speak while filling out forms, but I will use abbreviations like "N/A."
::muses on these distinctions::
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:24:35 am PDT #10615 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Now I'm wondering when it stops/starts being either abbreviation and/or textspeak. IDK, to me, is not an abbreviation because I've only encountered it in texting.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 8:26:34 am PDT #10616 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:29:40 am PDT #10617 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oooh! I am loving Wordnik!!
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 8:30:40 am PDT #10618 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wordnik is the bizzomb. And Buffista-founded!
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 8:31:20 am PDT #10619 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Which makes it all the better.
Calli - Sep 24, 2009 8:37:06 am PDT #10620 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I find flunking a test based on one answer problematic. But I also wouldn't use FYI or OK on a test. Even in the dark days before texting, I told my students that we were using formal academic English on everything except their journals, and that they'd be graded accordingly. Would I have dismissed the rest of the test because of one IDK? Not at the beginning of the semester. At the end, hell yeah. Of course, if they didn't know better by that point they probably wouldn't have learned much else, either, so odds are I wouldn't have been trashing an otherwise perfect work.