This week: Our first “imported” term of teen slang…
DAYTIME, n. What Chicago kids call a party during the day.
Synonym : ditch party
We start our show in Chicago, where this week's word comes from,
and hear about what goes down when kids are supposed to be at school
in Chi-Town!
Next, our local youth paint very vivid pictures of the days when they’ve
ditched school…
Going across the globe, a Comparative Education professor in Hong Kong
explains why kids where's he's at don't skip class...
And, a veteran truant officer shares the counseling he’s offered parents with
truant kids…
Listen!
