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We were all ready to write off the youth of the species thanks to #followateen, and now DVice brings us a story about techie high schoolers that doesn't evolve hazing, cyber bullies or trashy prom dresses. Will wonders never cease?

According to DVice, muscular dystrophy has left Nick Torrance, a student at Pinckney Community High School, wheelchair-bound. Luckily, two of his classmates won the 2012 SkillsUSA national robotics competition, and their coach told them to help him get his locker open easier.

And so: 

"Pinckney is known for its robotics program and fellow high schoolers, Micah Stuhldreher and Wyatt Smrcka, used the available resources to make an automatic locker opener for Torrance. Now, instead of relying on someone else for help, Torrance just waves his hand over a sensor on his wheelchair and voila, the locker opens."

Next you'll tell me all that Snapchatting is totally innocent!

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Goofing off on standardized tests can be a high school rite of passage, but we don't recommend publicizing photos of your test answers unless you want to end up in the principal's office. Kyron Birdine, a junior at a high school in Arlington, Texas learned this the hard way when he tweeted a photo of his essay for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR).

What's more, he sent the picture of his essay answer to test officials. His thoughtful essay response? "YOLO :)"

Mr. Birdine was given a four-day in school suspension for the "breach of security," and school administrators made him delete the tweet.

"I was being a high school kid getting on Twitter," he told the local news station. YOLO :(

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On its blog today, Twitter announced a new partnership aimed at changing that ratio. The company will be investing "time, energy and money," to partner with Girls Who Code, a intensive program designed to get New York City high schoolers comfortable with software development.

Girls Who Code was launched by Reshma Saujani, a former deputy public advocate under Bill de Blasio. Ms. Saujani, who is running for Public Advocate in 2013, has strong ties to the tech community both here and in the Valley. Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey and Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes both came out to support her (ultimately unsuccessful) bid for a Congressional seat from New York in 2010. She also recently married LocalResponse founder Nihal Mehta. (Mazel!)

On July 9th, Girls Who Code will kick off with an 8-week program to "teach basic principles of computer science and coding as well as sessions on design, research and entrepreneurship." Participants will be matched with female mentors from tech companies. Judging by the founder-heavy crowd at a recent campaign event for Ms. Saujani, we doubt she'll have any problem sourcing volunteers. Later this week, for example, she'll be cohosting a breakfast with Gilt Groupe founder Alexis Maybank.

As for incentivizing young ladies to the summer program, how about the possibility of a job @Twitter? Engineer Sara Haider writes:

We cannot wait to see what the future holds for Girls Who Code, and we certainly hope to hire at least some of the participants in a few years.

Pro-tip: Equity, girls. Ask for lots equity.