Rebecca Jimenez Professor Sarah Thatcher English 114 19 September 2013 How Texting Affects Literacy in Teens – Brainstorming Outline: I. Introduction a. Thesis statement: In this paper‚ I will discuss how the frequent use of text messaging by teens today negatively affects literacy and I will offer suggestions that parents and teachers can implement and teach in order to raise reading‚ writing‚ and vocabulary skills. Since the technological phenomenon towards the end of the 20th century‚ text
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times. While texting‚ you will lose focus and will increase the chance of severe legal repercussions. Studies have found that texting while driving causes a 400 percent increase in time spent with eyes off the road. Texting while driving increases the distractions and decreases mental focus while driving. More car accidents occur due to texting while driving in the teen population; thus‚ severe consequences for this must be implemented! Car accidents involving cell phone use and/or texting while driving
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Calling or Texting? Technology is advancing every single day. Many people own cell phones. But‚ along with modern technology‚ some people prefer older ways‚ such as calling. Others would rather rely on texting. What are the extreme difference set between these ways? Why is calling superior to texting? Today’s verbal communication skills have plummeted with the assist of technology. Normal everyday conversations are rather dull‚ and some people are far from capable of having a good conversation
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In the article “Texting‚ the Next Epidemic” by William B. Bradford‚ he addresses the issue of texting in our society. He states that texting is starting to tear apart the social fabric of our country. In the article‚ Bradford states that the United States has fallen behind in educational standards due to the lack of reading and writing involved with texting. He portrays to his readers that texting is making our social events not so social. He says that people go to restaurants and parties for social
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accident where the other driver was texting while driving‚ would you blame the other driver for causing the accident? Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents occur when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving‚ according to a study released by the National Safety Council.1 Texting and driving should be illegal because it distracts the driver and puts people’s lives at risk. The police should be able to pull over a driver if they see them texting and driving to prevent accidents
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twenty-first century‚ and people start to have a bad habit; one of the riskiest habits is texting while driving. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ almost eleven percent of people in the United States had texted while driving in 2008. The government of Texas should stop people who drive while texting because it can be dangerous and many serious risks like injury or death. Texting while driving can cause an accident because the driver is attention is on the phone
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wheel of a vehicle. My editorial titled “Texting while driving? In a matter of seconds‚ you could ruin lives forever.” Was created by the Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune. This editorial is focused on the argument that driving while texting can be extremely hazardous to a person’s life and those around them. “Close your eyes‚ and count five seconds. Open them. That’s the average amount of time motorists take their eyes off the road while texting.” This statement speaks strongly to me in giving
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Commentary Texting while driving is a fairly new but very serious issue not only among teenagers but also adults. The issue is new because texting is a recently new way of communicating between individuals and since it is growing and becoming more popular most people text. Now put this common task to the test by driving at the same time and most of the time the result is not good. One of the main issues of this is car crash fatalities. There have been plenty of car crashes due to texting. People think
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around the world is texting and driving. There are many evidence that say that texting and driving is a bigger social problem than people think it to be. Most of these evidenced are backed up by surveys‚ research involving eliciting information from respondents through question. Stated by the article Texting and Driving “Some research shows that between 2001 and 2007‚ there were over 16‚000 deaths attributed to texting while driving (Wilson‚ Stimpson‚ 2010). Clearly texting while driving causes
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Grammar and Technology: Are teens stupid‚ lazy‚ and illiterate? yayyy. mmmhm. princessprobz. errybody. teamspurret. A quick scroll through a Twitter feed includes a multiplicity of “techspeak” terms. Clearly‚ changing “everybody” to “errybody” does nothing to the time it takes to type the word‚ nor does changing “team spirit” to “teamspurret.” If teenagers spend hours on end communicating through technology‚ why must they use such strange‚ faulty grammar and spelling? As researchers
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