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Kids Write The Darndest Things

November 25th, 2002 by Funky Dung

'Net chat' language leaves teachers lost for words
Kids want to click and run, not sit reading
CHRIS SORENSEN

"After 24 years as a public school teacher, Janice Manson thought she had seen it all."

"Then one day she received a homework assignment from a high school student that contained bizarre abbreviations where nouns and verbs might have stood. People became 'ppl.' And 'lol' seemed to mean laughing out loud."

Funky Dung

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