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Periodic table joke may cost teen her seat at graduation
New York Post ^ | 05/20/2014 | By Sophia Rosenbaum

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: georgia; graduation; parisgray; periodictable
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OK, call me childish and immature. But I like this. I find this funny and clever.
1 posted on 05/20/2014 2:36:23 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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2 posted on 05/20/2014 2:37:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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I think it’s funny. She might be the only student who knows how to read the periodic table.


3 posted on 05/20/2014 2:37:59 PM PDT by dinodino
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Er, except for the spelling.


4 posted on 05/20/2014 2:38:38 PM PDT by dinodino
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Yes, what’s Utranium?


5 posted on 05/20/2014 2:39:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Yes, what’s Utranium?


6 posted on 05/20/2014 2:39:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Oh good grief. Suspend the Admin, not the kid.


7 posted on 05/20/2014 2:40:35 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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The resistor code was “bad boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly.” I was about to tell a tech how to remember it at a recent job and then choked to a stop, as it would have been a write-up offense at the very least.


8 posted on 05/20/2014 2:40:47 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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Well, she should have known she’s get a reaction.


9 posted on 05/20/2014 2:41:56 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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It’s the distant cousin to Phospheros.


10 posted on 05/20/2014 2:42:47 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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The spelling is not as good as would have been expected of my peers in grade school. We might have had to refer to a dictionary or textbook. They have Google.


11 posted on 05/20/2014 2:42:51 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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She showed creativity and intelligence, that threatens the future of marxism in America.


12 posted on 05/20/2014 2:42:59 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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Is “Back that ass up” something about Moochelle? I don’t entirely get it.


13 posted on 05/20/2014 2:43:08 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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That was pretty clever though maybe she could have chosen a better message. I am guessing she did not come up with the idea on her own. And I am guessing that the yearbook sponsor is not educated enough to recognize a coded message and thus missed the word ASS. I doubt there are more than ten people in the graduating class who would have figured out the message.


14 posted on 05/20/2014 2:43:31 PM PDT by petitfour
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I’d be more concerned with the yearbook editor for inserting spelling errors.


15 posted on 05/20/2014 2:43:44 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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Further evidence of the decline of our civilization.


16 posted on 05/20/2014 2:43:56 PM PDT by dinodino
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That is really clever. The girl will do well. She is creative, smart and clever.


17 posted on 05/20/2014 2:45:07 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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People have totally lost their sense of humor.


18 posted on 05/20/2014 2:45:10 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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I also have no idea how constipation can help one through tough times.


19 posted on 05/20/2014 2:45:28 PM PDT by posterchild (It takes a politician to declare a settled science.)
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In 74, my lab pardner and I spelled out FA-Q with components on a breadboard we were "working" on for a yearbook picture in Electronics.

I've always wondered if anyone ever noticed it. We were seniors, and the yearbook didn't come out until way after graduation, so it wasn't like either of us could point it out to very many people.

20 posted on 05/20/2014 2:45:38 PM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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