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.