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New Zealand Allowed 1337 Speak on Exams!
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:16 pm
by leDoOd
http://slashdot.org/articles/06/11/11/1356212.shtml
ScentCone writes
"New Zealand's Qualification Authority (which sets testing standards for the public schools) is confident that those grading papers will understand the meaning of students' responses, even if they use phone/IM-style text-speak. From the article: 'credit will be given if the answer "clearly shows the required understanding," even if it contains text-speak.' Many teachers are not amused, and critics say that the move will devalue NZ's equivalent of a high school diploma."
Not to mention that graders will need to be restrained so they don't gouge their own eyes out. While in the medium of text messages, some shorthand might be in order, but I didn't realize that world paper, pencil, and ink shortages were so severe so that text-speak is necessary everywhere.
So I could write "And tehn macbeth wuz killed by macduf ROFLOLOLOL" and get full credit!
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:48 pm
by NickD
wow.. special.
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:59 pm
by Renegade_Turner
That is both pathetic and disgusting.
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:24 pm
by hdlsa
Why the hell would they do this?
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:56 pm
by pyros soul
Oh my GOD!
I wanna move to ZN!!
That would be fun!
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:06 am
by Colicedus
hdlsa wrote:Why the hell would they do this?
Cuz We KIWIZ r Stupiz, lolollolol1!1111!!!!!!
JK, how ever i am from New Zealand so i can Joke.
our Education system is failing over here. We Desperately Need Qualified people.
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:06 am
by Crill3
Weird
BTW, it's not 1337speak like the title says.
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:15 am
by leDoOd
Yeah... but... who says "text speak"?
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:11 pm
by pyros soul
leDoOd wrote:Yeah... but... who says "text speak"?
Yeah, and i made a avatar to fit the situation
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:45 pm
by leDoOd
Get it right, man. No one, not even 1337 sp34kers say ROTFL, it's just ROFL.
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:56 pm
by NickD
Actually, he's right. Like, we dont say USOA we say USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:49 pm
by Lugaruman100
I wonder how many people there say Wellington is teh roxx0rs?
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:42 am
by lokijki
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l33t is weird. ^^
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:19 am
by Colicedus
F*ck that Crazy S*it
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:45 am
by BunnyWithStick
A bit crazy, but hooray for NZ!