Texting The Next Epidemic Analysis

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 interaction just end up on their phones not talking to each other. Furthermore, he talks about how texting is creating a generation that is socially awkward and cannot read or write important papers or documents. Proving his point on whether the next generation will be able to govern our country without being able to think, speak, or write clearly. I whole-heartedly agree with Bradford, consequently because I experience and am a part of the problem. Being in high school, I go to a lot of social events. Whether they be …show more content…
When I look around my classroom at my peers, I do not see a single classmate that would be fit to be a part of the government. Very few people read books anymore and most people’s writing is becoming something that looks like a paper in the sixth grade. All of this is thanks to texting. Everyone gets used to writing in short choppy sentences with abbreviated words, so when it comes time to write a decent paper, they don’t have the proper vocabulary to write a half decent paper. Additionally, half of my classmates are unable to go five minutes without looking at their phones or texting. Most of them text during class instead of paying attention. How are we supposed to get anything done in the future government if we keep checking our phones during important discussions and not giving our full attention to the meeting