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Miner's "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" - 0 views

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    "Body Ritual among the Nacirema"
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Webspeak: The Secret Language of Teens - ABC News - 0 views

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  • The use of language in a new way is really a good thing," said Deborah Tannen, Ph.D., linguistics professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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      Stephanie dore on 11 Mar 11
       
      Not everyone thinks the slang is a bad thing. Deborah Tannen Ph.D. thinks that the adolescent population's slang means that they are adapting.
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  • "I've been texting so much that I wrote the letters 'u-r' instead of 'y-o-u-r' and the letter 'r' instead of the word 'are,'" said Michelle Sloan, a Clarksburg High freshman, of a paper she wrote for school. "My teacher came up to me and told me my mistake, and I felt kind of stupid."
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      Stephanie dore on 11 Mar 11
       
      Coming from a teen herself, she can see how IM is effecting her vocabulary and grammar. She seems to think that this is because of the technology used for socializing. This is a problem that is coming to the classroom and is not just saying on the outside. 
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BBC - Gloucestershire Get Fresh - Teen Talk: Can You Hang With the Slang? - 0 views

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  • ony Thorne, head of the language centre at King's College, London says: "Their language is very important to teenagers, because it's another kind of badge of identity.
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      Stephanie dore on 10 Mar 11
       
      Because language plays a role in their identity, it is definitely apart of their culture, and becasue its so different from traditional english it seems to be even more for them to keep up on. If lingo and slang are more important to the youth culture then proper English, there starts the decline of the traditional language
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Survey finds teens put value on their religion - Washington Times - 0 views

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      Catherine Delisle on 10 Mar 11
       
      This article is very interesting because it is explaining how ARE interested in religion, they just want to adapt it to a more modern way. An interfaith survey of 1153 teens released by B'nai Brith says that 70% of teens value religion and they would like to connect better with religion. They also state that when they are in their younger phase of teenage years, they are interested in religion but the interest drops when they become older.
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Teen Marijuana Use on the Rise White House Study Finds - ABC News - 0 views

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      Catherine Delisle on 10 Mar 11
       
      This website explains that the rate of teens using marijuana is at its highest yet. The percentage of high school seniors using pot daily is at 6.1%. 21.4% of 12th graders in the U.S have admitted that they used marijuana in the last month. Marijuana is now more used than cigarettes and alcohol.
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Dirty song lyrics can prompt early teen sex - Health - Sexual health - msnbc.com - 0 views

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      fred robert on 10 Mar 11
       
      This website gives facts about today's music. Studies prove that kids who listen to rap start having sex sooner than those who don't. The site also features interviews with kids talking about how music influences there decisions.
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How Does Technology Affect Kids' Friendships? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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      fred robert on 09 Mar 11
       
      This article is very interesting. It reveals things about today's youth culture being very technologically inclined. They say kids between the age of 8-18 spend up to 7 1/2 hours using technological devices. They also reveal that kids these days are talking to each other more using technology than actually talking face to face.
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