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Friday, January 30, 2009
Is Texting a Problem?
My answer is YES! I will be the first to admit that I text a lot more than I ever thought I would, but for some young people it is getting out of hand. Unfortunately texting happens to be our “latest and greatest” (of course, along with email) mode of communication and writing to our friends and even our parents. I don’t know about all of you, but my parents go crazy when they see people texting. My mom usually says, “Why don’t you just call the person?”. Well mom, to be completely honest, I don’t know why we don’t. My belief is that it has to do with instant gratification and our society. If we call someone, there is a chance that they will not answer due to being busy with work, school, etc. But, with texting, it seems that no matter what we are doing, we seem to find a way to respond to someone…even if that means while we are DRIVING! Texting while driving has become a very dangerous factor in our society, especially with teens. I have linked a YouTube video that you might all find interesting about texting while driving and the high percentages of people who do it. I think the real question that we need to ask is , “Can we blame this on technology?”. Certainly technology has played the largest role in helping us communicate via texts, but this is out of control. There was a story last month where a teenage girl had over 35,000 texts in one month; that means over 1,000 a day! Personally, I can’t even imagine even having the time to complete this insane number of texts, much less, what could be THAT important to talk about via text?!?!?!?!? There are enough car accidents everyday without texting, why would we ever intentionally put people in danger? Another role that needs to be considered in this latest technology of writing is the parenting. I think that any child whose parents let him or her text that much, need to take a second look at their parenting skills and figure out a way to teach your child differently. As we discussed in class, our grammar, spelling, and probably our speech skills are also suffering due to this technology. Overall, I think that texting, email, and other technologies have greatly advanced our society and world, but we need to figure out a way to keep them under control!
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Another link I found funny was there is a texting competition every year and the winner gets $50,000. That seems a little outrageous for me.
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ReplyDeleteI had to google ikr. *smacks forehead on table
I don't even know what "ikr" is....I guess I will have to google it myself. lol.
ReplyDeleteAlex- Are the cellphone companies funding this type of competition? I wonder where they are getting the money in an economy like this.
i totally agree on this about texting because everyone is texting now especially in the present time, everyone has a cell phone even some elemantary students have it and they are also texting too...this world has been going crazy lately..im not a serious texter but i know some people who just can say a full sentence with just 5-6 letters..crazy but true..i dont even know when my freinds text me this way so i usually call them to get a confirmation about what they're trying to say
ReplyDeleteI get that all the time too....why don't you just call them? Well I think the reason I don't like to is the fear of awkwardness. It's a lot easier to text somebody that you haven't talked to in a long time to ask them to get lunch rather than calling them.Also, you can text in class, which can be good or bad. Good because if you need to remind someone of something, you can do it instantly. Bad because it distracts me from listening in class! S
ReplyDeleteI can't really explain those times I have 10-text-long conversations with somebody. I often end up asking myself why I didn't just call the person. So, I think that texting can definitely become a problem in some cases.
I've gotta admit, I'm in the "Why don't you just call the person?" boat. While I certainly understand the allure of texting when you're somewhere quiet where you can't talk out loud, I doubt that there are too many people who can't find time to actually talk on a phone. I think the aspect of texting that gets people into it in the first place is that it fulfills a sense of narcissism that we all have. You feel important when someone is trying to contact you while you're currently engaged in another activity (a quiet meeting, a church ceremony, an English 201 class, etc). I guess I wouldn't really have that big of a problem with texting if it wasn't such a ripoff. The cost compared to the amount of data sent compared with internet data transfer costs is ridiculous. Check out this rant about it: http://www.rantblogger.com/the-real-cost-of-text-messages/
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