Daytime – February 22, 2007

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!