Teen Returns From Jordan Abandoning Rendezvous With Man Met on MySpace.com

LiberalHeart

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Fri Jun-09-06 05:54 PM
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Teen Returns From Jordan Abandoning Rendezvous With Man Met on MySpace.com

DETROIT (AP) -- A 16-year-old honor student from Michigan tricked her parents into getting her a passport and then flew off to the Mideast to be with a West Bank man she met on MySpace.com, authorities say. U.S. officials in Jordan persuaded her to turn around and go home before she reached the West Bank. She was on her way back to the U.S. Friday.

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http://wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=5012219

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ThomCat

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Fri Jun-09-06 06:07 PM
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1. I'm speechless.

Where did they think she was going? Didn't they see the itinerary and confirmation of the tickets from the airline?

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Fri Jun-09-06 06:10 PM
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Fri Jun-09-06 06:12 PM
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3. Cash bribes.

The same way your guy got through the Ivy League.

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Halliburton

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Fri Jun-09-06 06:15 PM
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4. it's not that hard to be an honors student

in today's public school system.

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JNelson6563

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Sat Jun-10-06 06:40 AM
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11. Not true

But to be book smart and to have common sense are two different things.

FYI my son is an honor student and he works very hard for that 4.0.

Julie

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YellowRubberDuckie

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Fri Jun-09-06 06:58 PM
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5. (Not so) Common sense and book smarts are different things.

Edited on Fri Jun-09-06 06:58 PM by YellowRubberDuckie

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HarukaTheTrophyWife

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Fri Jun-09-06 07:05 PM
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6. I went to HS with a guy that graduated Yale with a 4.0

In terms of real life, he's a total idiot.

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tjwash

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Fri Jun-09-06 08:06 PM
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7. The Navy was full of officers that could regurgitate anything from a book.

But from a common sense/real life/practical experience perspective were complete morons.

Then I went to the corporate world and found they took it to a whole new level.

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Blue_Tires

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Fri Jun-09-06 08:12 PM
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8. this quote from mom is craptastic

Edited on Fri Jun-09-06 08:13 PM by Blue_Tires

.....Shawn Lester told The Saginaw News that her daughter has "never given me a day's trouble. ... I just don't understand with all these new laws protecting America how a 16-year-old kid could get out of the country.".........

there you go--blame the government and the law in place of your parental shortcomings....YOU got her the passport! YOU (most likely) either willingly or through ignorance gave your daughter a means to buy an expensive ticket...and lastly, it is YOU that somewhere along the line forgot to instill in your daughter that you do NOT travel to the other side of the planet to meet some loser jagg-off on MySpace!

crazy

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onehandle

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Sat Jun-10-06 08:17 AM
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12. I heard her say that "computers are through in her household".

The mom sounds like a real winner. I think we've found our problem.

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onager

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Sat Jun-10-06 03:00 AM
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9. Please keep her the hell out of Egypt!

I'm working/living here temporarily. If she'd run off to Jordan after a virtual meeting, she might actually BELIEVE the pickup lines Egyptian men use on female American tourists:

"I would trade all 4 of my wives for you!"

"You are worth 40 camels!"

:rofl:

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Kailassa

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Sat Jun-10-06 03:58 AM
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10. And don't forget ...

"You make me wanna hump."

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