N.Z. Students Can Use Txt Speak on Tests
From CNN.com
"...Internet blogger Phil Stevens was not amused by the announcement. "nzqa[New Zealand Qualifications Authority]: u mst b joking," Stevens wrote. "or r u smoking sumthg?""
I am quite glad I am not an exam grader in New Zealand. They are on the slippery slope to having to accept "t3h wr!+0rr haz 1337 sk!11z" as an opener for a long-answer question on an english exam. Not my idea of fun. Or of 'work', really. It seems more like torture.
"...Internet blogger Phil Stevens was not amused by the announcement. "nzqa[New Zealand Qualifications Authority]: u mst b joking," Stevens wrote. "or r u smoking sumthg?""
I am quite glad I am not an exam grader in New Zealand. They are on the slippery slope to having to accept "t3h wr!+0rr haz 1337 sk!11z" as an opener for a long-answer question on an english exam. Not my idea of fun. Or of 'work', really. It seems more like torture.