Q.E.D. baby...

From the Torygraph...

"Our schools are a disaster zone, churning out to[sic!] many pupils lacking even the most basic skills."

Well, duh. I guess the author didn't have my 1st grade nun, Sister Mary Kevin Ruler-on-the-back-of-the-hand-for-dumbass-mistakes.

Whose brilliant idea was this?

Ten key...


vs. phone pad...


..look up the word "proactive" and discover the true meaning. "Yeah, well, duh." Prior knowledge with a similar system may prevent you from having as easy a time with "X" if you didn't already know "Y." Which is why it is always fun to sit around in meetings where idiot managers throw the word "proactive" around without knowing from whence the word comes and its original meaning. i.e. A person going to the US from England or vice-versa is going to want to tend to drive on the "wrong" side of the road - because he is so ingrained with doing things a certain way, having learned to drive elsewhere 1st. Now, a Martian, on the other hand ....

Anyway, I'm SURE there's a good reason....but I can't think why the phone pad and 10 key are different.

Generation Y style

Now we know.... This gang-banger style has always given me some amusement, given that gang-banger shoplifters have been known to be caught after tripping over their own pants.

Or are these gen-Yers really more traditional than previously thought? Perhaps grandpa was a plumber....and they are merely paying homage ♫?