#94: "you know, like, seriously"

.... as overheard on the Metro. Apparently this sequence of words means something. It does not however make any pretense of grammar or composition. Text-messages now set the norm. No wonder then that Miss Teen South Carolina offered such an insightful and compelling response at her beauty pageant. She may have been distraught that "US Americans" do not have maps in adequate numbers. But in turn she single-handedly put South Carolina on the global cyber-map.

Is it really surprising that reading skills and scores among school-students is stagnant or even declining? That's not just only in US; I got a greeting card from a cousin in India which did not fare any better.

PS: Here's a link to comments about "that answer" in the Miss Teen USA pageant.