school starts first day of school yipper :'(... ;D on august 20th at west elk high school
Oh, my goodness! Didn't school just let out for the summer? That just proves how old I'm getting. Time sure flies. It's true though, our cicadas have started up, so school time must not be too far away. Heather, just one month to do everything you wanted to do this summer. Have you enjoyed your summer so far?
Heather, can we expect to see your name on the honor roll this year?
rightttttttttttttttttttttttttt ;) no im just kidding i hope i am :P :laugh: :-X
I can help "educate" you. PEP RULZ style:
- Study harder than the kid on your left and the kid on your right.
- Never start what you can't finish.
- Answer all the questions and question all the answers.
- If you can do something well do it often.
- Don't pee where you eat
- Don't eat yellow snow.
THIRTEEN DAY'S TODAY, TILL' SCHOOL STARTS. ENROLLING WAS TODAY AND TOMARROW. YAY IM AN OFFICIAL 7TH- GRADER AND IT ALL WENT GREAT UNTIL MY LOCKER... DARN THING WONT WORK. THEY HAD THERE COMBO WRONG AND SOME OF US COULDN'T GET THEM OPEN Err :( BESIDE'S THAT GLORY IT WENT FANTASTIC!!!
Hey Heather, good luck with school this year. (and with your locker combo!!!) Thank you for keeping the kiddo's entertained this afternoon. I hope you have a wonderful school year!
thanks and your welcome it was fun though's 2 kids are very entertaining :0 :)
Now Heather, you just can't start a new school year without having a big fight with your locker at least once. :laugh: have a great year.
Quote from: heather_tyler_2014 on August 07, 2008, 07:28:30 PM
13 dAY'S 2DAY TIL' SCHOOL STARTS ENROLLING WAS TODAY AND 2MARO YAY IM AND OFFICIAL 7TH-GRADER AND IT ALL WENT GTEAT UNTIL MY LOCKER ......DARN THING WONT WORK THEY HAD THIER COMNINATIONS WRONG AND SOME OF US COULDN'T GET THEM OPEN ERRRRRRRRRRRRR :( BESIDE'S THAT GLORY IT WENT FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!
0mG 7h47 1z cR4zy!
Hey Heather, after school starts, may I grade your spelling when you post on the forum? ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: aamiller321 on August 17, 2008, 02:15:17 PM
0mG 7h47 1z cR4zy!
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Don't think we speak that language on this forum
I think ya have to be able to text message to read that one! 8) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I am too old to text message. I don't own a cell phone and I prefer that my phone be attached to a cord. Did you know that cell phone messages are just as easily intercepted as radio messages? Better be careful what you say.
Could we leave text messaging for the phones. Texting is teaching our children the incorrect way to spell words that are used in everyday writing. You can tell that by some of the replies on the forum and how bad the spelling is.
Now that I have posted this I hope I have everything spelled right.
Army Mom
Me-yowch! Even this divine kitty has moments where there are words that get spelled incorrectly, due to being in such a dither when trying to type while thinking at the same time. I think the kids can spell better than they're letting on...and I would suspect there are some adults who are deliberately spelling words in a funky fashion, just to throw the hounds off of the scent. Now, that having been said, I also agree that texting seems to have created a truly wierd way to send messages. I have not seen any studies done, though, that have related the use of texting to the degredation of students' abilities to write legibly. Has anyone out there read anything regarding this?
I think that many of our school kids are bi-lingual. Most can use at least marginally good grammar when it's required, and texting is completely different language.
I don't mean I like it (I can't even read half of it!) and I certainly think a majority have a lot left to learn about English; but texting is useful to them in their own little worlds. I'm a little jealous that I don't know what they are saying, but there are things I know that they'll never understand either.
Also, if people are going to start texting here on the Forum, they should provide translations, IMO (in my opinion :laugh:) Maybe I've learned a little of it after all ::)
Maybe if they want their posts read they could just use the good oldfashioned English, spelled correctly of course, so we old ones don't have to guess at what they mean. It is beyond me to understand why anyone wants to be considered less than what they are. I was taught to always do my best and to expect the best from others. A bit of proofreading does wonders but isn't fool proof as proven by the errors that Flintauqua caught of mine.
Quote from: flo on August 17, 2008, 05:07:51 PM
Quote from: aamiller321 on August 17, 2008, 02:15:17 PM
0mG 7h47 1z cR4zy!
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Don't think we speak that language on this forum
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Its easy
they said Oh My God, that is Crazy
How in the world do you get "that" from "7h47"? Wouldn't it be easier to simply type "that"? And why go to the trouble of "cR4zy" when "crazy" is easier to type? If they can learn a language like that, then why not learn French or Spanish or any of the other foreign languages that might benefit them in the future? You might include English with that.
For fun that's why. remeber pig latin? Just for fun, totally worthless too. I do think that the text messanging has a method behind the madness, for instance key numbers for letters and such. Code a little like license tags. With your own thread, they could text speak if they want. It might be interesting.
Quote from: Wilma on August 17, 2008, 09:49:30 PM
How in the world do you get "that" from "7h47"? Wouldn't it be easier to simply type "that"? And why go to the trouble of "cR4zy" when "crazy" is easier to type? If they can learn a language like that, then why not learn French or Spanish or any of the other foreign languages that might benefit them in the future? You might include English with that.
Its because of the keypad on the phone. You have numerical pad. it takes less presses of the buton to use acronymns and the substitutions of numbers for lettres ect.
You can type much faster by doing it that way than to sit there and press number 6 times to get a O or number 7 3 times to get a T
The number 4 i don't get as the a is a number 2.
Kids also have their own code for im as well, for example POS means parents over shoulder which alerts the other person that someone is reading.
You have to really watch and do some learning to get into what the kids are using for language substitutions.
I learned it when my kids were teens. They were rather sneaky at times. But they failed to realize that I was smarter than they are :)
I remember the day when one of my sons told me i was old and feeble and he was strong and fast and that i couldn't whip him. I just smiled and said maybe so, but i have two things that you don't.
Age and Treachery!!!!!
Quotefor example POS means parents over shoulder
Which is much more polite than when I use POS to describe something! :o ::)
If you noticed I had quoted heather there, perhaps I was making fun of the way she typed in that quote ??? That was almost paintful to type. :laugh:
I think I remember reading the Kansas State Fair this year will have a "texting" contest - to see who can do it accurately and quickly.
OK, can anybody text a hundred words per minute? Maybe actual words would be easier if they learned the correct way to type. After all, even with a keyboard, when they get out in the real world, words are going to have to be spelled right, numbers are going to have to be input correctly, so why not start now. And if they have something to say that their parents can't read, there is something wrong with what they are doing or something wrong with the parents. As for texting over a telephone, what's the point? If you can't speak to them, you can leave a voice message. Go ahead, call me an old fogey, but there is a real world out there.
>:( I had figured out everything but "that" and I'm with Wilma. Just simply typing "that" would have been easier.
And that comes from someone with fast fingers learned the hard way. Right, Flo? Severy didn't have electric typewriters when you took typing, I'm sure.
yep, we did. Had ONE electric typewriter when I was a senior and we had to take turns using it.
I do text quit a bit. I don't know why but I do. As for all the abbreviations, I don't know them so I type words out, even if they are long. To me, if I can't understand it how can they. My niece always text me with words that I don't know, so alot of the texts that I get I can't read from her. But Dolphin and I do text some back and forth, but we pretty much type everything out. Don't ask me why I like to text, I just do. Weird????
Quote from: flo on August 18, 2008, 09:56:38 AM
yep, we did. Had ONE electric typewriter when I was a senior and we had to take turns using it.
Wow, and how many kids were in your class?
19 in my graduating class, 17 of whom are still living.
How long did you have on the typewriter before you had to pass it on?
Quote from: Wilma on August 18, 2008, 09:53:17 AM
And that comes from someone with fast fingers learned the hard way. Right, Flo? Severy didn't have electric typewriters when you took typing, I'm sure.
I learned typing on a manual typewritier. My school was a private school that was too poor to afford electric.
I learned on a manual. My school didn't have electric typewriters, not even one. My folks thought it was important enough to rent a typewriter for us to practice at home the first semester. I didn't get an electric until I went to work for the lawyer at Moline. It was sure nice, but I wouldn't trade my computer for any of them now. It does everything I need and more than I am smart enough to do.
Yeah, texting is pretty foreign to me, too. I pride myself on my spelling and grammar (now watch me mess up), and actually the spell check function on my computer irritates me b/c I find myself spelling the same word wrong over and over again instead of learning how to spell it right!
Also, texting confuses me b/c you can speak faster than you can type, anyway. Why not call???
I do use IM on my computer, but I type in full sentences and with correct caps, too. OK, so I may shorten a few things b/c is so much faster to type than because. :P
The reason they text is because it is unique to their generation. Some shorthand, some resembles graffiti, some just their type of pig latin, some just for the speed of doing it ( think solving a Rubik's cube for speed once you know the pattern). The better you spell, write know grammar the better off you are. Texting and posting are casual and when you know the right way you can post the casual way.
David
Owhay anymay ofway ouyay understandway igpay atinlay?
(Don't shoot me!)
There's a fun web-site that will translate for you!
All of this talk makes me think of something that is just one of life's truism's at some point in our life we will all say
" ohm my gosh!! I sound like my parents" I think that is something all generations can share and understand when you reach the right age.
David
Another reason people text is because it is private - no one can "listen" in on your conversation. I do some texting mainly because it is how you communicate with teenagers. I would prefer to pickup the phone and call them and for me that is quicker... but most of the teens will answer you right back with a text and it may takes days for them to call you. If I don't understand one of the abbreviations, I just show them how stupid I am and ask...
L Hendricks you\I are on the same page. In fact I prefer e-mail over any kind of communication except talking in person. Showing my age I also like to feel "hip" when I can communicate with the kids in their own language and preferred form of communication.
David
yah it's really funny i do spell thing's out when i text i really don't text. AT ALL . i mean thier is a big sterio type, teens text all the time yadha yadha yadha, i think 2 or 3 or so of my family have phone's and 1 I know text's me and she and my mom my family are really only people i text. it's not like i text Jill all the time.lol so yah i do occasionaly mistype or not spell out word's like wat or something i mean if that make's a difference if i see myself do it for now on I WONT DO IT if that make's people happy, and im not going to stop on this forum i love this place (i love the howard elk county forum, all my friends are in it :).) im serious to this is my internet family ;D
Quote from: Wilma on August 17, 2008, 09:49:30 PM
How in the world do you get "that" from "7h47"? Wouldn't it be easier to simply type "that"? And why go to the trouble of "cR4zy" when "crazy" is easier to type? If they can learn a language like that, then why not learn French or Spanish or any of the other foreign languages that might benefit them in the future? You might include English with that.
hey im 12 and i dont even know i dont know anybody that text's me like that
Personally, when kids are still learning grammar, spelling and punctuation rules, I like to see it practiced correctly, so the "right" way becomes stuck in your mind. Once it becomes a good habit, then you can play with spelling and language to make a point.
Simple plural words do not need apostrophes. I never know why that is such a common error. Usually the most common use for the ' is to substitute for a missing letter....don't...or to show possession.... the cat's tail. Common plurals don't need it.... things, texts, words, makes, phones, but "I'm" is sure correct.
Spelling is another subject. You are always important,... give i the capital treatment, I , always. Their, there and they're can be hard ones to get right also. Heather, here's a big hug for the school year..... ~ squeeze ~ Go West Elk! Be sure and tell us about your first day.
Heather, you've got to be patient with us curmudgeons...it can be hard to remember what being young was like, after a certain point. Then, there's those of us who never grew up, much to the disgust of everyone around us! (hehehehehehe) I know I speak for a good many people on here who consider you a member of ths family, too...and a smart, funny, mature member, at that. For only being 12, you certainly express yourself well...must be your momma's training coming through! She's always been so fun! :-) Keep us 'posted' on how your beginning of your school year is going! ;-)
Just some info...
Independence Community College is holding some classes here in Howard at the High School. The only one I'm familiar with is the Welding class which will be Wednesday nights at 6:30. My nephew is signed up for that one. They get college credit and get half off the tuition! It's a great deal, and I think adults can do it too... however the first class is tomorrow night.
I believe that some of the other classes offered here in Howard are college English and Algebra (or maybe Calculus). I'm happy that the school system is offering these~! If you have any questions, Michelle Weber at the High School is coordinating the classes.
well if i get to get on here tomarrow being as I have practice til 6:15 and prob wont get off the bus til' 6:3o so i'll try im sure it'll be good all my friend's and whatnot
Quote from: heather_tyler_2014 on August 19, 2008, 08:56:41 AM
Quote from: Wilma on August 17, 2008, 09:49:30 PM
How in the world do you get "that" from "7h47"? Wouldn't it be easier to simply type "that"? And why go to the trouble of "cR4zy" when "crazy" is easier to type? If they can learn a language like that, then why not learn French or Spanish or any of the other foreign languages that might benefit them in the future? You might include English with that.
hey im 12 and i dont even know i dont know anybody that text's me like that
Ok then here's a crash course in cursory,
7=T (they look a little alike)
4=A (just add a line to the other side of the four)
0=O (I don't get why you can't just type "O")
5=S
So far that all I can think of.
Heather, it sounds like you'll have a lot of fun. Wait until the weekend if you want, to tell us about it. That's OK too.
Hmm... texting, pig latin, 1337 (leet -> elite) talk... I prefer binary myself!
010101000110100001100001011101000010000001110111011000010111100100100000011011100110111100100000
011011110110111001100101001000000111010101101110011001000110010101110010011100110111010001100001 011011100110010001110011001000000111011101101000011000010111010000100000010010010010011101101101 001000000111010001111001011100000110100101101110011001110010000001110101011011100110110001100101 011100110111001100100000011101000110100001100101011110010010000001100011011010000110010101100001 011101000010000001100001011011100110010000100000011101010111001101100101001000000110000100100000 011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001001000000110010101101110011000110110111101100100 011001010111001000101111011001000110010101100011011011110110010001100101011100100010000001101100 011010010110101101100101001000000100100100100111011011010010000001100100011011110110100101101110 0110011100100000011011100110111101110111
:laugh:
Quote from: mtcookson on August 19, 2008, 01:40:05 PM
Hmm... texting, pig latin, 1337 (leet -> elite) talk... I prefer binary myself!
010101000110100001100001011101000010000001110111011000010111100100100000011011100110111100100000
011011110110111001100101001000000111010101101110011001000110010101110010011100110111010001100001 011011100110010001110011001000000111011101101000011000010111010000100000010010010010011101101101 001000000111010001111001011100000110100101101110011001110010000001110101011011100110110001100101 011100110111001100100000011101000110100001100101011110010010000001100011011010000110010101100001 011101000010000001100001011011100110010000100000011101010111001101100101001000000110000100100000 011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001001000000110010101101110011000110110111101100100 011001010111001000101111011001000110010101100011011011110110010001100101011100100010000001101100 011010010110101101100101001000000100100100100111011011010010000001100100011011110110100101101110 0110011100100000011011100110111101110111
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Ok now i just did the conversion over to ascii and that made absolutely no sense whatsoever!!!!!!
Ok, Diane here is your chance. Take all the words that Heather has spelled wrong and correct her. I do not think she understands what you are all trying to tell her.
Maude
Quote from: srkruzich on August 19, 2008, 03:49:04 PMOk now i just did the conversion over to ascii and that made absolutely no sense whatsoever!!!!!!
http://www.nickciske.com/tools/binary.php ;D
Maude, I'll bide my time a little. Spelling is the last thing on Heather's mind right now.
Quote from: mtcookson on August 19, 2008, 01:40:05 PM
Hmm... texting, pig latin, 1337 (leet -> elite) talk... I prefer binary myself!
010101000110100001100001011101000010000001110111011000010111100100100000011011100110111100100000
011011110110111001100101001000000111010101101110011001000110010101110010011100110111010001100001 011011100110010001110011001000000111011101101000011000010111010000100000010010010010011101101101 001000000111010001111001011100000110100101101110011001110010000001110101011011100110110001100101 011100110111001100100000011101000110100001100101011110010010000001100011011010000110010101100001 011101000010000001100001011011100110010000100000011101010111001101100101001000000110000100100000 011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001001000000110010101101110011000110110111101100100 011001010111001000101111011001000110010101100011011011110110010001100101011100100010000001101100 011010010110101101100101001000000100100100100111011011010010000001100100011011110110100101101110 0110011100100000011011100110111101110111
:laugh:
01001110011011110111011100100000010010010010000001110101011011100110010001100101011100100111001101110100011000010110111001100100
010011010110010100100000011101000110111101101111
01010100011010000110100101110011001000000110100101110011001000000110101101101001011011100110010000100000011011110110011000100000011001100111010101101110
So there! :laugh:
01001001-01110100-00100000-01101001-01110011-00100000-01100101-01100001-01110011-01101001-01100101-01110010-00100000-01100110-01101111-01110010-00100000-01101101-01100101-00100000-01101001-01100110-00100000-01110100-01101000-01100101-01111001-00100000-01100001-01110010-01100101-00100000-01100111-01110010-01101111-01110101-01110000-01100101-01100100-
::) ::) ::)
49 20 70 72 65 66 65 72 20 68 65 78 61 64 65 63 69 6d 61 6c 20 63 6f 64 65 2e
01101000 01100101 01111000 01101001 01100100 01100101 01100011 01101001 01101101 01100001 01101100
01000100 01100001 01110110 01101001 01100100
It is okay but I think English is the best
So do I.
??? ??? is somebody's cat walking across the keyboard?? :-\
Nah, they're just showing that they know what base two is. Yawn! :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: flo on August 20, 2008, 12:23:33 PM
??? ??? is somebody's cat walking across the keyboard?? :-\
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Quote from: Diane Amberg on August 20, 2008, 12:26:09 PM
Nah, they're just showing that they know what base two is. Yawn! :laugh: :laugh:
Well, just FYI, I know what second base is too. It's a white square between first and third on the opposite corner of home plate. ;D see? I played some ball in my lifetime too. (Didn't know it had anything like that tho)
Good grief, Flo, I don't know whether to be proud of the fact that I think like you do --- or to feel sorry for both of us, because that is the way we think. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Sure makes life a lot more fun, though, doesn't it?
Quote from: Maude on August 19, 2008, 05:16:40 PM
Ok, Diane here is your chance. Take all the words that Heather has spelled wrong and correct her. I do not think she understands what you are all trying to tell her.
Maude
yes I do know what they are talking about it's just that everybody think it is texting and i did not start this whole texting thing I was trying to finish this "thing" with my message........ Heather
and school has been good many more friend's and stuff and then volleyball and hopefully chearleading...... Heather
Hoo-ray Heather. It sounds like you are off to a great start for the school year. Now may I pick on your spelling? I don't mean text message spelling either. Remember to proof read your work at school where it matters. ;)
how is the hunt for chEErleaders coming?
eeeesh bad topic at the moment but so far so BAD but I made up my mind that on the first jh. football game I will chear - sponser either with a sponser or not and uniform not
and every body is invited to the junior high volley ball scrimmage on thursday at 6:oo PM
Who are you playing?
I'm not sure I think they call them self's the Weh Elkkkk I'm not sure though......
What is a Weh ElKKKK? Is that a small subservient elk? A bump, set, spike it, elk? Maybe you should start with a fawn scrimmage after the high school VB's schooling.
Hey Heather! Only CHEERLEADERS will be allowed on the field. CHEARLEADERS will be locked in the shower! ;D
Hey, Diane; don't forget to lock the sponser in the shower, too.
The sponsor? Ok, if that's what it takes, one wet sponsOr it is! :o :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Right, the cheerleaders and the sponsor can go on the field. The rest are in the showers. :P
I think the shower might be a good time.
school sucks
Quote from: bowie boy on September 04, 2008, 09:16:51 AM
school sucks
It does not. Quit berating a fine institution. Don't make me break my foot off in your potty mouth.
Quote from: bowie boy on September 04, 2008, 09:16:51 AM
school sucks
BB...if you need to talk to someone, I'm here. I've been a teacher for many, many years...if you need an impartial ear, I'm always here. Sometimes it's easier to talk to someone you wouldn't know if you passed 'em on the street...and who wouldn't have the first idea of who to call in order to rat on you.
And PEP is a ratter.. ;D ;D
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