im slang
get involved
by Sarah Spitzer
Jevitso
it- `s a teen thing...
Hay ur parents read this & see how they do. Its not that
we don no how 2 be like em, but sumtimes we truly speak
a whole nother language...
codes for the clueless:
LOL—Laugh out loud
NM—Not much
hey sup? so jes lstn,
BTW—By the way
HW—Homework
nm goin on xept theres that thing on sun i want 2 go
BRB—Be right back
TILL—Until
2 but i still have sumr h/w & i dunno if i can do both,
G2G—Got to go
OMG— Oh my gosh
GUNNA—going to
specially w/ my job this sumr & then im sposed 2 baby
NE—Any
sit... theres nvr enuf time to do wut I want. k, I no its the
NE1— Any one
IDK—I don't know
same 4 u w/ all ur sibs & curfew & sumr school, but ne
SUM1—Someone
JK—Joking
sgestions? r u goin btw?
TTYL—Talk to you later
:) — Smile
SUP—What's up
:'(— Crying
o, u playin in the bball game? cuz i think ill only go if
u r. but then u nvr no, i may decide to play... don think so
&oups nav(3! a blast!
NVM—Never mind
tho cuz i twisted my ankl jumpin in2 the pool...
1sec, brb
kk, back
Red, White And Blue
Did u guys wanna go 2 a movie, btw? Maybe 2morow?
Walden JC's gather around their version of the American
Im definitely gonna sleep in a bit & then I hav 2 work 4 a
Flag: Alexa Eisenberg, 16, of Bloomfield Hills; Lindsay Shaw,
cupla hours, but ill hav time at like 8, wadya think?
17, of Birmingham; Jules Botham, 17, of Bloomfield Hills;
Sam's goin away 4 the rest o the sumr, did u no? :'( im
and Spencer Wayne, 16, of Bloomfield Hills.
not goin to camp or nething at all, but Alex's goin 4 a week
@ the end o the sumr. Do u no if ne1 else's leavin?
o wow its late...
k, g2g, ttyl, bb!
Sarah Spitzer, 16, attends Yeshivat
Akiva in Southfield.
my turn: an editorial
by Jacob Rosen
Order Of The Arrow
experiencing the other exposes fallacies
chief of administration of the Ottawa chapter of the Order
Max Olender, 14, of West Bloomfield has been elected vice
of the Arrow of the Boy Scouts of America. The order was
ground possible, without stripping away the identity
founded in 1915 as Scouting's National Honor Society; it
and West Bloomfield, an affluent Jewish
of one's own culture. By reforming education to give
recognizes Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and
community, exist just 20 minutes from
the youth perspectives that they might not otherwise
Law in their daily lives. Max is junior assistant scoutmaster
one another. Though communication between the
obtain, youth will be much more prepared for deal-
in Boy Scout Troop 364 and vice president of Venturing Crew
two communities occurs, it caters to those of an old-
ing with complicated situations. The new generation
18. He attends Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills.
earborn, an affluent Arab community,
er demographic. Education about Arab-Muslim and
will be trained in all relevant cultural perspectives on
Jewish cultures has yet to be exposed to the youth
any given issue, making it easier to create a solution
of today.
that satisfies all parties.
The misunderstandings that constantly arise
Local intercultural communication and under-
between the two communities come from incor-
standing helps to create a better chance at solving
rect information and misconceptions formed at an
global problems. Before we can think of initiating
early age. A child that grows up in West Bloomfield
communication in places like Sudan, Iraq or Israel,
will learn and believe different things than one who
we must be able to solve our own communication
grows up in Dearborn. It is a necessity to ensure that
problems.
everyone receives a balanced, informed perspective
In the words of Jordan's King Abdullah, "To
on the world. The best way of ensuring unbiased
achieve peace — patterns of fear, resentment, mis-
perspective is to allow the youth to experience racial,
trust and indifference to the suffering of others must
religious and intellectual diversity.
be broken. Sides which have long defined themselves
Israel 'Is Real' For Diller Teens
In a recent speech at Temple Beth El in Bloom-
in opposition to each other must create a new psy-
Detroit Diller Teen Fellows spent three weeks in Israel as
field Township, Brenda Rosenberg, a forerunner in
chology. Societies and individuals alike must reori-
part of their program coordinated by the Jewish Federation of
interfaith communication, stated, "We must engage
ent themselves to a future that rewards
Metropolitan Detroit. Here they are at the Mediterranean Sea
the other because we are all connected." It is difficult
productivity and cooperation, not
in Tel Aviv. Allie Gold, West Bloomfield; Nir Charitan, Central
to realize these connections if the education is not
confrontation." .1
Galilee; Kale Davidoff and Sharon Silber, West Bloomfield;
only separated, but also completely different.
Jacob Rosen, 17, attends Birmingham
Shiran Finezilberg and Nofar Azulay, Central Galilee; Michael
Seaholm High School.
Baum, West Bloomfield; and Shiri Fishman, Central Galilee.
A collaborative education will contain informa-
tion about multiple cultures to make a common
Bottom row: Almog Yamin and Este Eltes, Central Galilee.