If you are illiterate, don't read this
The Psycho sensei spends some of her time on IRC while she dutifully does her work. IRC is better method of entertainment than television, and you have to somewhat engage the brain in order to participate. I say somewhat, because many of the IRC channels are being inundated by teenagers who seem incapable of using the English language.
Now, I do not believe that all teenagers are equally illiterate. However, there have been so many recent cases, that definitely stand out in a text based medium, that one has to wonder about the state of today's system of education. It would be easy to say that it's just a US problem, but teenagers from Canada and the UK have also been infected by this "bug."
As illustration, I'd like to offer the following AP article on how illiteracy can actually win you free room and board :-).
(Stamford-AP)- Stamford police say a student tried to sell drugs to two officers who were wearing jackets with the word "police" written in capital letters.
Police say 17-year-old Devaugn Goethe was charged yesterday with trying to sell narcotics.
Police say two narcotics officers were on routine patrol in an unmarked vehicle driving slowly when the student flagged them down.
Police say the boy opened the back door of the police car, jumped in and asked the officers what they wanted and how much.
Police say the student also mentioned that the two guys, in his words, "look like cops."
Police say the two officers were wearing raid jackets with the word "police" written in big letters on the back, on the sleeves and on the front.
The officers were wearing the raid jackets because they were looking for fugitives and didn't want to be mistaken for anything but police officers.