by Ilsa Chudfen, Staff Reporter Austin, Texas The newly formed watchdog group No More Acronyms (NMA) officially condemned Education Service Center (ESC) Region XIII for going over their newly-established 50% limit in terms of acronyms. "We counted them up," said NMA's Director of Online Record Keeping, Alec Dunfish. "In their events list for the morning of Wednesday, March 23, 2011, they used acronyms in 7 of the 8 items posted. That's like WAY over 50 percent." NMA's official condemnation is a symbolic gesture, and, as APD Police Chief Art Acevedo pointed out, "This means absolutely nothing, from a law enforcement and/or legal standpoint." Dunfish was outraged by Acevedo's comment, demanding an apology, "ASAP." A spokesman for Acevedo and the APD said that Dunfish was walking a fine line by issuing invented condemnations. "Dunfish needs to mind his P's and Q's," the spokesman said. In an email to the press, Chief Acevedo responded directly to Dunfish's demand for an apology, noting "OMG, I am LMAO and ROTFL." As for ESC XIII, Executive Director Terry Smith could not be reached for comment, but ESC XIII's ATTAP (All Things to All People) Janet Basey rolled her eyes and was quoted as saying "TTFN" before slamming the door on this reporter's face.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
NMA Condemns Region 13 for "Alphabet Soup"
by Ilsa Chudfen, Staff Reporter Austin, Texas The newly formed watchdog group No More Acronyms (NMA) officially condemned Education Service Center (ESC) Region XIII for going over their newly-established 50% limit in terms of acronyms. "We counted them up," said NMA's Director of Online Record Keeping, Alec Dunfish. "In their events list for the morning of Wednesday, March 23, 2011, they used acronyms in 7 of the 8 items posted. That's like WAY over 50 percent." NMA's official condemnation is a symbolic gesture, and, as APD Police Chief Art Acevedo pointed out, "This means absolutely nothing, from a law enforcement and/or legal standpoint." Dunfish was outraged by Acevedo's comment, demanding an apology, "ASAP." A spokesman for Acevedo and the APD said that Dunfish was walking a fine line by issuing invented condemnations. "Dunfish needs to mind his P's and Q's," the spokesman said. In an email to the press, Chief Acevedo responded directly to Dunfish's demand for an apology, noting "OMG, I am LMAO and ROTFL." As for ESC XIII, Executive Director Terry Smith could not be reached for comment, but ESC XIII's ATTAP (All Things to All People) Janet Basey rolled her eyes and was quoted as saying "TTFN" before slamming the door on this reporter's face.
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Ha! Love it. (TTFN?) yeah, professional acronyms are a whole other story altogether. In Cambridge, we have TCI, DD, ISCs, ALs, TLCs, MCAS, PDPs, PD, ELA/SS etc. It's total BS if you ask me. But I'm just a lowly IC...
ReplyDeleteTTFN = Ta-ta for now. When I first got hired at the ESC, I was issued a glossary of acronyms. It's out of control here.
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