Posted on 05/20/2014 2:36:23 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A Georgia high school student’s clever use of the periodic table may cost her a seat at graduation.
The senior class vice president used the names of elements in her yearbook quote that when abbreviated to their atomic symbol spell out, “Back that ass up.”
“When the going gets tough just remember to Barium, Carbon, Potassium, Thorium, Astatine, Arsenic, Sulfur, Uranium, Phosphorus,” Paris Gray wrote.
~snip~
School administrators, however, did not find the mash-up funny. They slapped her with an in-school suspension, barred her from participating in the annual senior walk and may even take away her privilege of speaking at graduation.
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The real question is how long did it take the teachers to figure out the code? My bet is they didn’t have a clue until a student told them.
Try “bad booze ruins our young guts but vodka goes well”
Oh come on! Give up on the Utranium bit!!!!
Heck, I'm still trying to figger out what Phosperous AND Sulfer are!
(The administration actually suspended her for NOT knowing how to spell 3 of the elements from the Periodic Table. (Not really, but THEY didn't see those errors either.))
Who read it to the administration?
Young lady is creative , intelligent and has a sense of humor. She didn’t bully or hurt anyone Those who have power are just tripping out cause she succeeded in putting one over on them. Laugh and get over it! Stop over-reacting!
Bureaucrats are only known for their humor when it comes to screwing the taxpayers out of an honest day’s work.
My bet is that she filled in a handwritten form, and the yearbook editor got it wrong.
(victim of same)
For mariners remembering how to determine a compass course
from true course, it’s “True Virgins Make Dull Companions, Add Wiskey”.
I don’t think I’ve heard that since 1977. Made me smile.
I learned it as: "Black boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly" Said they used "black" for, well, the black ring to remember it IS black.
Donkeys get no respect.
When was the last time anyone saw a color coded resistor?
Probably so. Still, a stupid reason to pull an honor student off the stage. Good thing she didn’t draw a chemical formulaic into the shape of a gun. She would have been tased and expelled.
Is “Back that ass up” something about Moochelle? I don’t entirely get it.
Ummm....it’s sorta twerking...oh never mind.
thats the one I learned . .
“When was the last time anyone saw a color coded resistor?”
We worked on Army equipment that was thirty years old. And, some of it was still in production. If something works, the Army doesn’t change it. I wouldn’t be surprised if the army has warehouses full of saddles and bridles.
Who told them? The didn’t figure it out the selfs.
What does it mean?
I always heard it with “bad” replaced by the actual color. HR would have really flipped about that!
This is not about decorum and language. It is the use of this as an example to the community. It is saying that we will expect only the speech that we say is permitted. Any speech not according to our guidelines will be severely punished. Expect the government to have similar controls over your speech later in your life as it trashes the Constitution.
“I don’t think I’ve heard that since 1977.”
Maybe it’s an age thing. I graduated in 1977.
Stuffed shirts. That WAS funny.
The girl found a creative way to express herself. I like it.
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