Today on the front page of the Charlotte Observer, there was an interesting article about texting. "Could So Much Texting Spell Trouble"?
There are concerns on both sides of the issue. It certainly is convenient, and helps us to keep in touch with our teens in ways my parents never imagined.
However, many teens are losing their ability to write and spell correctly in addition to more serious concerns such as texting while driving or text bullying. What do you think?
According to this article, on the national average, 2,272 texts are sent each month by teens with cell phones. My husband is convinced that our daughter definitely is not bringing down the national average!
Over 75 billion text messages are sent in a month...mind boggling! Does anybody talk anymore? Does anyone write a thank you note or letter anymore?
Call me old fashioned, but I still love to get a card or note in the mail. The beauty of cursive writing seems to be a dying art, unless we keep using it and pass it along. It's so personal and speaks so much about a person's uniqueness. Thoughts on this?
Texting I guess is really no different than when when used to stay on the phone all the time until our ears turned a nice shade of red and our parents were insisting that we get off! In our house, we had one phone. I remember stretching that cord as far as it would go into our one and only bathroom, shut the door to talk friends and family! The only plan then was not to pick up if you heard someone else on the line..boy was I glad when there were no more party lines! Does Mayberry ring a bell?
I guess you could say I was late bloomer...just learned to text this summer. It certainly does have its advantages. My award will be the slow, but steady text award. My daughter and husband just crack up at my efforts!
Oh well, on another note, this week is teacher appreciation week! This morning each of my students brought in 3 flowers. One for me, one for my assistant and one for our pal teacher ( the literacy facilitator...she works with many students). My room mom arranged our flowers into beautiful vases for us to enjoy this week! Tomorrow morning the PTA is serving us breakfast...can't wait. They always treat us like royalty.
Final note on texting! A good friend of mine puts a positive spin on texting by sending her son a text bible verse each day! Great idea...pass it on!
Embrace each day,
Ginger :)
8 comments:
Oh my goodness, you should see ME try to text. It's a hoot!
I definitely remember party lines! LOL
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Well, I've tried texting...but I'm one of those that wants to be "perfect" in the spelling dept. so I don't do well texting!!! Takes me too long to get it done!
~Beth
I can certainly relate to the phone cord stretching all around the house. LOL! Remember when there wasn't call waiting and lines would be busy for hours?
Texting is convenient and I'm getting better at it and do like it. One day my sister wrote me and the text said "What r u doing?" Really???
I was cooking and wasn't about to text all that I was doing...so I called her. ;)
My other sister has predictive text and she wrote me one day to tell me she was going to have a colonoscopy and her predictive text spelled out "colonpansy." I got so tickled.
My daughter got a new iphone and is getting used to the changes and she accidentally sent her co-worker a text she intended to send to me. ooops! You have to be careful.
Technology....isn't it amazing?!!!
I love the flowers and I'm glad you are appreciated.
Have a blessed day!
Haha...I posted my flowers, too! :) I'm with you...I love a nice, handwritten note. I'll remember that, Ginger. I won't text you if possible. Only handwritten notes for you! :)
Hi Ginger,
I agree with you. Writing notes and letters is a beautiful way to communicate your thanks or thoughts with others. When our children receive gifts, I always have them write notes to the givers telling them how much their gifts were appreciated. That is how I was taught and continue to do the same.
I am way behind the times, I don't have a clue how to text. I've never tried. :o)
I had fond memories come back to me when you mentioned stretching your phone cord as far as you could and close the bathroom door. I was the same. :o) Wow, and when call waiting came in...I thought I was in heaven. No more time limits! :o)
Your flowers are so pretty! What a kind gesture. :o)
Have a nice evening.
Sincerely ~ Tricia Anne
I am no good at texting even with a full keyboard on my phone. It just takes me entirely too long. I have seen teenagers though. They are speedy!
My email is alfecia@bellsouth.net. I've never done this either. Email me and I'll let you know what I was thinking. Take care my friend!
Party lines...oh yeah, I remember that!
My next phone will definitely have a keyboard so that I don't have to keep pushing the same buttons and keep going back to correct spelling errors...and yes, I know that mis-spelled words are now okay in the world, but I'll just never be able to accept that! haha!
thanks for the post...enjoy those beautiful flowers!
Susan
Thank you for your kind comment on my blog...you made my day! :o)
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