Kids these days. Now they\’re using IM abbreviations in schoolwork.

Even terms that cannot be expressed verbally are making their way into papers. Melanie Weaver was stunned by some of the term papers she received from a 10th-grade class she recently taught as part of an internship. \”They would be trying to make a point in a paper, they would put a smiley face in the end,\” said Ms. Weaver, who teaches at Alvernia College in Reading, Pa. \”If they were presenting an argument and they needed to present an opposite view, they would put a frown.\”

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