Monthly Archives: November 2002

Kids Write The Darndest Things

‘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.”

Sharia Sucks

God will get me through, says mother
Nigeria tolerates the Miss World beauty contest and brutal Islamic laws

"AS MORE than 80 young women arrived amid great fanfare in the Nigerian capital to take part in the Miss World contest, an illiterate 31-year-old woman sat in a stark room a few miles away contemplating a very different fate. Amina Lawal has been sentenced to death by stoning."

Rioters burn newspaper office over Miss World

"LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Rioters burned down a newspaper office Wednesday to protest an article suggesting the Prophet Muhammad might have favored marrying a contestant in the Miss World beauty pageant being hosted by Nigeria."

Iranian Scholar Refuses to Appeal

"TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A university professor sentenced to death for insulting Islam has refused to appeal the sentence, challenging the hard-line judiciary to carry out the execution, his lawyer said Wednesday."

I Need Patience – NOW!

I’m so screwed.

Study says patience is more than a virtue
Impatience, urgency can raise risk of high blood pressure
By Debra Goldschmidt

“CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — More bad news for people with hard-charging personalities. Researchers said Wednesday that they have found a correlation between having a sense of time urgency and impatience (TUI) and an increased risk of developing hypertension or high blood pressure.”