10:57 AM Tue, Jun 13, 2006 | Permalink |
I am 52 years old, but I like to think of myself as a young 52. I am surrounded by young journalists who teach me what’s cool and what’s not. I take some measure of pride in not only knowing who “Death Cab For Cutie” is, but also enjoying their music. Now comes this ring tone kids are using to fool their teachers. It’s at such a high frequency that, with few exceptions, only the under 30 crowd can hear it. Seems we old fogies suffer from something called aging ear.
The KING 5 newsroom was transformed into a huge lab experiment as staffers gathered to “hear the tone”. Young people would grab their ears and scream for the tone to stop while we old guys just felt…well… older...
Getting old isn't really that bad. Having others think you're old is the part that stinks. I really don’t need the reminder as my knees creek on each stair I climb, and a day of pulling weeds feels like I scrimmaged with the Seahawks, but this tone thing bothered me. It was the knowing smile of the young that they were still in the “cool club” while the rest of us could only turn up our Kenny G. CD and go back to reading the newspaper. Good bye Death Cab.
I have yet to figure out why this got so much attention on the nightly news while so many Washington students failed their math scores on the WASL. Their smart enough to use a high pitched ring tone, not that vibrator wouldn't work under their rediculous clothing styles, but they can't add fractions?
Wow...the priorities of Washington these days.
Well Well... It is still Know it now or fail it later. Cheating has a way of getting even somewhere down the road.
It's interesting that somebody who is criticizing kids for not being able to add fractions can't tell the difference between "their" and "they're", and also can't spell "ridiculous" correctly.
The poster above may have spelled ridiculous wrong, but you, my dear, have mistaken the usages for "their" and "they're". They got it right, you're the one making a mistake. Glass houses, pots and kettles, etc. Sorry.
"Their" was used correctly the first time; the second time it should have been "they're," if you are in the mood for picking nits.
"You're's Tureley,"
The Black Kettle
this is gettting media attention because it's making the teachers and parents aware of it, so that maybe someone can figure out what to do about it. also that it's somewhat entertaining. it's news. that's why it's on the news.
and as for the fractions thing...not just a problem for washington, try the entire country. this ringtone probably goes out of the state of washington as well. and i didn't even have a cell phone in school and i still failed math year after year, not for lack of trying either, almost every assignment got turned in.