Analysis Of Michaela Cullington´s Does Texting Affect Writing?

With text messaging becoming more and more popular among teenagers, teachers are starting to notice a decline in proper writing and a lack of critical thinking. In Michaela Cullington’s article, “Does Texting Affect Writing?” she discusses the concerns and benefits of textspeak, a word she uses to explain the text messaging language. While conducting her research, she found a source from the National Center for Education Statistics that claims that “… only 25% of high school seniors are ‘proficient’ writers” (362). Acknowledging the small percentage of students writing proper, most people believe that this has to do with the new way of speaking on IMs. With abbreviations and acronyms, it is challenging for students to write differently from