Instant messaging makes you stupid
Published Sun, Nov 26 2006 2:54 PM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet
In today's Seattle Times we find that students are now so stupid because of text-messaging that they've begun to use text messaging shorthand in school assignments:
Tia Burnett couldn't believe what she was seeing when students turned in work that looked more like an instant-message conversation than an English assignment.
Some of her students at Orange High School in New Jersey's Essex County started sneaking abbreviations — "u" for "you," "2" for "to" and "4" for "for" — into their papers and other class assignments.
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Teachers, administrators and businesspeople say abbreviations commonly used in e-mails, instant messaging and text messages are creeping into assignments and formal writing, and some believe it is hurting the way students think.
Yet another sign of the dumbing down of America. This is almost as bad as teaching English as a second language for students whose primary language is ebonics.
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patty responded with: Instant Mess.
 | Some of that coulf be avoid with parents that pay attention to their kids.
If the kids start slipping in grade Points then take away the cell's and limit computer time. |
Perri Nelson responded with:
 | You're so right. In fact, that's exactly what we've chosen to do at home.
A child's education is one of the most important gifts a parent can give, other than life itself. Sadly in today's world educating children has become less of a priority for too many parents. Recent trends in "education" seem to be moving more to the promotion of ignorance. |
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