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Effects of Texting on Teen’s Literacy "I have realized [students] very often write the way they speak and they speak the way they text. And yes, I have had a few students turn in papers with numbers instead of words … It is definitely the texting influence," Dorlea Rikard, a Florence High School language teacher, said (Singleton-Rickman para 7). Some students do not pay any attention to the English language, making entire papers of just run-on sentences. Bad grammar is not just in high school;…

Introduction: Thesis Statement: All generations change and we learn to embrace it but this text messaging generation is losing some of the most basic abilities. Text messaging affects teenager’s social skills, writing abilities and ability to drive safely. Main Point #1 The days of talking and listening to “Aunt Sally’s” anecdote might be long gone. “…they may have trouble initiating interactions, those small talk situations. They don't have as much experience doing it because they're not…

Every time that drivers pick up their phones or check for a text message while on the road, they are tarnishing their pledge to drive safely and responsively. Cell phones have become extremely tempting while driving, and in the same sense extremely deadly. Although some people disagree with making the use of handheld cell phones while driving illegal because they want to be able to use their phones in case of an emergency, it should be against the law to use a handheld device while driving…

Imagine riding a school bus on the way to school in the morning or coming home from a hard day at school. Suddenly, the bus is hit by an oncoming car, no reason other than reckless driving. However, this reckless driving has a consequence. Since there is no protection for accidents, everyone on the bus automatically has at least one injury either major or minor. All of these injuries that these students have to suffer through could have been solved by one factor, the requirement of wearing a…

In my observational years in the surrounding of a Midwestern college life, the Iowa State University, I have witnessed several unprecedented and extraordinary form of communication but there is one that strikes me as the most astounding that is the form of texting. Texting is a norm in the life of a college community where they would strike a string of conversational whims and chats with ease. This custom usually involves the youth of the campus community, which are the students. By my…

How often do you get distracted by driving? Distracted driving is very popular now amongst all driving ages. Despite what many might think, texting and driving is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. It would be safe to assume that texting and driving is going to be around for a long time and have an enormous impact on the lives of many people. It has already began to impact so many lives with its collision causing chaos. So many people love to text while driving that it has…

what is called SMS Language. When online or cellular texting services first came out, there was a limit to how many characters you could use. Therefore, many had to improvise what would be correct english of more than 200 characters, into improper english down to 140 or less. Standard English is the most widely accepted form of english by institutions such as schools and heads of state. With that being said, not all speak the same way. The concision of simplified english into SMS Language may be…

Bus Stop arm violations are a very serious and very much enforced law in the United States due to the potential of the kid getting hit by a car. Due to this danger it is a misdemeanor and because of this it will stay on your record permanently. If you are a motorist and you are on a road with two lanes of traffic going in the opposite direction you must stop when a bus is flashing its red lights and extends its stop arm out on its left side. This also applies when the road has a turn lane in…

SVKM’s NMIMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MBA CORE 2015-17 1st YEAR TRIMESTER – I IDL ASSIGNMENT Behaviour Modification Project On Traffic Rule violations I Year, DIVISION G GROUP 2 Sameer Ganu G019 Uday Dangra G015 Prajesh Gupta G025 Arjun Bhatia G007 Venketeshwaran Iyer G028 Purpose • People do not follow the traffic rules. They tend to jump the signal and talk on mobile phones while driving. • People think they…

Did you know that In the United States, more than nine people are killed every day due to texting and driving? Many people, most being young teenagers and adults feel invincible and think nothing can hurt them. Since many young teenagers and adults feel invincible they do stupid thighs like texting and driveing and think everything will be fine. However, they don’t feel so invincible when they crash into some car and almost die. Texting and driving is bad because everybody seems to do it, you…