Driving While Texting in Relation to Teens The Consequences and Solutions One second someone is texting a friend‚ cracking a joke‚ the next they are in the backseat of the car in front of them. Eleven percent of accidents involving those aged eighteen to twenty are caused by the use and distraction of a cell phone. Raising awareness and educating those whom this may concern about the consequences of texting and driving can help reduce this statistic and prevent future lives from being affected
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study while they’re texting: Research finds teenagers struggle with multitasking” by Jenny Awford states‚ “But new research… by Stanford University‚ found that 85% of young people struggle to perform simple tasks when distracted by music‚ phones‚ or email.” While doing simple tasks‚ it seems that young adults are distracted by technology and this why because their attention is suddenly captured by a text or notification of Facebook‚Snapchat‚ Instagram etc. In the article‚ “Teen Texting Soars: Will Social
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a place as any to offer the starting point of my argument on what it means to be creative and how this is subsequently applied to web based interactions. The argument that I will be putting forward is that no only have web based interactions and texting become such a commodity‚ it is also educative. The youth‚ the homogenize a breath of people and generations‚ are told in their classrooms to follow Standard English‚ I believe that the musician Pink Floyd has it right when he said‚ “Hey‚ teacher‚
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How Does Texting Affect Our Lives? Texting can affect our lives in many different ways. Many argue that‚ texting in the New World is a detriment. I personally feel neutral as this topic goes on. The technology today is so overwhelming at times being that there’s always something new coming out. In retrospect‚ there was the telephone‚ the beeper and the Cell phone. Later‚ there was the cell phone combined with the texting‚ Texting combined with the camera‚ camera combined
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In this manner‚ Robin Mejia‚ author of “How Texting Changes the Way Kids Communicate” explains how the pros out outweigh the cons in the way kids communicate using technology. Mejia goes on to explain that it is safer in today’s society because kids spend most of their time online talking to their friends in real life opposed to a potential predator. She also writes about how the technology today lets the parents themselves communicate easier with their kids while they carry their busy work schedule
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Teen Driving Project: Texting and Driving Student Name: Suveer Harilal Session Date: Session Time: Hosting teachers: Answer each question in thorough and complete sentences. Part 1 – Knowledge (150 points) 1. Explain what you learned about texting while driving. I have learned that texting while driving can make you get in an accident in a matter of seconds and as well as put other peoples lives at risk including yourself. 2. Can a person safely talk on a cell phone while driving? Justify
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Kalena Farrington Ms. Chavis 1113/Comp. 1 February 12‚ 2015 I H8 Txt Msgs: How Texting Is Wrecking Our Language Analysis “They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped.” This quote from John Humphrys’ essay “I H8 Txt Msgs: How Texting Is Wrecking Our Language” clearly shows where he stands on the subject of how “texters” are ruining our English language by abbreviating a lot of our words. How people‚ more specifically
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In the article “Does Texting Affect Writing?” by Michaela Cullington‚ the author explains both sides of the ‘controversy’ regarding the kids within our current generation “are being raised without communication skills” (362). The reason to blame by many is the use of abbreviations in text messaging used in formal writing (362). To clarify‚ the abbreviations used in text messaging and other forms of communication are referred to as “Textspeak” (361). On the other side of the spectrum‚ supporters
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new law we can solve every bad habit and to stop passing laws that will be enforced for the reason that we have to do something about a problem. Radley Balko argues against a proposal to impose a law banning text messaging while driving in the U.S. Texting while driving should not be banned is the issue addressed in his article. The thesis of Balko’s article is that it’s obviously thoughtless to text while driving but what’s the difference from just glancing at your phone while following your GPS directions
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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’
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