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Veteran actor’s moniker confuses college grammar lesson

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The Oscar-nominated actor best known for his roles in The Larry Sanders Show, Men in Black, Freddie Got Fingered and Dodgeball can now add baffling a Washington State University’s English 100 class to his list of personal accomplishments.
At the request of Associate Professor Gordon on Monday, the class broke into groups of five and deconstructed […]

‘Real’ cool school teaches D-list fame

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - A new charter school is gaining popularity for its radically new curriculum – reality television. STARZ Academy in West Hollywood is being touted as the premier school for students who aspire to grace the small screen for fame and fame alone.
“Our school is about giving students the tools to reach for […]

NU GRAD RULZ 4 CA SKOOLZ

SACRAMENTO, CA – The state legislature of California is making it a mandatory language requirement of all public school graduates to successfully complete one semester of what has become known as “compu-speak,” the abbreviated language of many 21st Century computer users.
“This decision was made to make sure that the graduates of the great state of […]

Monikers Make Many Mad

WASHINGTON DC - In a future joint effort between the US Census Bureau and Administration for a Literate America (AfaLA), it was announced in a Bill signed by Congress that people over the age of 18 must now legally make a change to their names in order to represent themselves more accurately.
 
The move was be […]

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