IM TXT OK IN NZ, LOL

For me, this falls under the "Nearly a laugh, but really a cry" category for sure: New Zealand students may 'text-speak' in exams.

As the article begins: "New Zealand's high school students will be able to use "text-speak" -- the mobile phone text message language beloved of teenagers -- in national exams this year, officials said."

Thankfully, English exams will be an exception. But apparently you can use the increasingly common cell-phone and IM abbreviation language in exams for history, government, science, math, and so on.

And for those who don't know, my subect line of course means "Instant messaging text is okay in New Zealand. I'm laughing out loud."