>That "like" thing is annoying.
>I dont know how US middle schools are, but I guess, they should emphasize on reading, learning synonyms, learning to express things in different ways ...without "like" lol.

Most people do something like that. Listen to almost anyone speak and he or she will have some kind of audible filler, whether it's "like," "you know" or just "um" or "ah." Learning to speak without those fillers is very hard.

Tamar