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REPN TRI to the FULLEST!!!: teens write creatively in cyberspace but not in the classroom.(cultured)

Publication: Education Next
Publication Date: 22-JUN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
American teens are locked in a strange communications loop. For them, language comes in two flavors. Here's one:



"whats new? glad I put u on my top and im not on urs. its cool though. whats been new? REPN TRI to the FULLEST!!!"

So goes a comment on a MySpace page I just up....

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...pulled Enter and the cursor turns into a Cleveland Browns helmet. We have boxes with videos to play, 181 people in the "Friend Space," photos, blog, and a personal quiz ("Shoplifted?: Tic-Tacs when I was 2. Seen Someone Shoplift?: I work in retail ... come on."). Words, images, and sounds tumble forth as the host broadcasts dreams and realities. It's a hive of creative expression, puerile and barbarous, yes, but...

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