My year tens are masters of writing notes using text speak (awww & lol. hehe). The weird thing is they seem to think teachers have some sort of mental block that stops them from understanding what they've written: as if 'n she sckd im off' is that hard to decode.

Yesterday I confiscated one such note and decided that seeing as I'd had a long week I was going to have a bit of fun, so kept the pupils back at break to correct the grammar and spelling.

So 'omg. he is such a gai boii. hehe' became: 'Gosh. In my opinion he is a homosexual - I find this amusing.'

I'm not sure it was that effective as a punishment though because the pupils just found it amusing, but you've got to get your kicks somehow.