Texting Affecting Teens

The way texting affects teens and how they read and write is very shocking. Down below are four sources that help support texting is affecting students in a bad way. Some of them also affect in a

"In my classroom, I can already see the negative effects," said the English Department chair at Clay-Chalkville High School and a participant in the UAB For Teachers By Teachers grant program. "Many high school students’ have become dependent on electronic spell-checkers. As a result, I spend a significant amount of time circling misspelled words on assignments." “ Perhaps that biggest problem is that students do not distinguish between times when they need to write formally”.

“Text messaging or Short Messaging Service is a short form of sending messages in text form using mobile phones. It can send up to 160 characters or less newer phones can hold up

Much like a sleepwalker. These shortened versions of the English language are migrating into teens' schoolwork. Texting is affecting the ways teens communicate people -- in some instances, texting is replacing face-to-face conversations. According to the National Institutes of Health website, 43 percent of U.S. high school students text while driving. What many teens do not take into consideration when texting and driving is that engaging in this behavior makes them 23 times more likely to become involved in an automobile crash.

“Kids will say instead of , oh my god the teens will say OMG. Another example is instead of saying just kidding they will say, Jk. Ki\ds will say TBH instead of to be honest. In one study, 11-12 year old children provide information about their behavior and uses it for like a diary. In the United kingdom 49% 8-11 year old have cell phones.” It’s not just America with the texting problem it’s all over the world. In the past thirty years the number of teens texting has gone up by %93. %72 percent of that is shorten words or spell words