What Is Texting Or Hindering
Texting Helping or Hindering
In the essay “Does Texting Affect Writing” written by a student from Marywood University the question was asked if how students communicate is being effected by texting. The author made a very good argument that she believed it didn’t. She went through great research to answer the question that we have all asked at one point in time. This process was done through speaking with teachers, friends and students to see if texting affected their ability to write in school. I would have to agree I don’t believe that texting is the reason for poor communication among kids today, that it has its purpose and place. I am on that text a lot and …show more content…
That it could have a impact on a person’s ability to communicate when writing. In an article written in USA Today entitled
“Texting, Testing Destroys Kids Writing Style” “ The author blames the use of acronyms and
Anthony Fulton:
There are a few clarity issues ("I am on that text a lot"), but your position is still clear.
shorthand in text messages for students’ inability to spell and ultimately write well.” It was also mentioned that emotions through text could not be effetely conveyed without the use of symbols and smiley faces. The teachers interviewed also felt as if we were raising a whole generation without proper communication skills. This sparked a whole new debate on texting and its use amongst students in school. Many said that the perceived declined in writing abilities was due the increase of texting.
To gain a more personal prospective the Author interviewed two former teachers and seven students to get their prospective on this. To allow the students to have their own opinion a list of questions was asked, such as how long they had been texting, how often they texted; what
In the essay “Does Texting Affect Writing” written by a student from Marywood University the question was asked if how students communicate is being effected by texting. The author made a very good argument that she believed it didn’t. She went through great research to answer the question that we have all asked at one point in time. This process was done through speaking with teachers, friends and students to see if texting affected their ability to write in school. I would have to agree I don’t believe that texting is the reason for poor communication among kids today, that it has its purpose and place. I am on that text a lot and …show more content…
That it could have a impact on a person’s ability to communicate when writing. In an article written in USA Today entitled
“Texting, Testing Destroys Kids Writing Style” “ The author blames the use of acronyms and
Anthony Fulton:
There are a few clarity issues ("I am on that text a lot"), but your position is still clear.
shorthand in text messages for students’ inability to spell and ultimately write well.” It was also mentioned that emotions through text could not be effetely conveyed without the use of symbols and smiley faces. The teachers interviewed also felt as if we were raising a whole generation without proper communication skills. This sparked a whole new debate on texting and its use amongst students in school. Many said that the perceived declined in writing abilities was due the increase of texting.
To gain a more personal prospective the Author interviewed two former teachers and seven students to get their prospective on this. To allow the students to have their own opinion a list of questions was asked, such as how long they had been texting, how often they texted; what