Technology Kills English
How often are texts made up of complete words, proper grammar, and the correct use of punctuation? Almost never. Texting and other technology have made grammar and English skills decline in the past few years. People who text do not usually use the proper punctuation, like commas or periods, their grammar has declined, and most of their texts consist of “LOL” and “OMG”. Technology, more specifically texting, is ruining English skills by corrupting the way we speak. The texting concept was developed in nineteen eighty-four by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert, and later in nineteen ninety-two, the first text was sent (Erickson). The first text was sent from a PC, because at the time, mobile phones did not have keyboards (Erickson). That text was sent from Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis, and read “Merry Christmas” (Erickson). When texting first started, each person who owned a phone sent only about 0.4 texts a month, but now eighty-one percent of the people who own a mobile phone subscribe to texting and send multiple texts a day (Erickson). Texting has evolved from the first phone able to text--made in 1993 by Nokia, to different phone carriers being able to send texts to each other in 1999, to “swype” texting in 2011, all the way to the iPhones, which were introduced in 2007 (Erickson). With all this modern technology, it has been easier than ever for children to get distracted. This has caused English and grammar scored to drop dramatically. They spend more time on the internet than they should, which could lead to problems later on in life. But, why should anyone be concerned with this? Well, someone who does not know proper English and is addicted to technology could have a challenging time trying to find a job, which could lead to difficulties trying to provide for themselves, and potentially lead to homelessness or other hardships. Does a person really want to wish this upon them? Children and students today are spending too much time on electronic devices. …show more content…
Children are spending at least 6-8 hours a day on an electronic device--mostly a cell phone (Bauerline). Instead of doing homework or searching something educational, children are usually on social media, texting, or browsing the internet (Bauerline). Schools across the nation, also, are encouraging their students to do work online and becoming “e-literate” (Bauerline). Becoming “e-literate” is known as becoming illiterate because the more they are on the internet browsing around, the less they are finding out information the right way (Bauerline). All students would have to do is type in their question and it pops right up with the answer right there. There is absolutely no work being done there. Students learn more by going through books, journals, encyclopedias, or something of that sort, because they are secretly reading all of the information there is, but instead the answer is bolded or highlighted for apparent sight. The amount of time children spend on electronic devices is very unhealthy. It is not very often to spot a child using the internet how people in the past imagined it would be used. All children want to look up is the life of a celebrity, or they have to update their status, or even creep on people they know (Bauerline). What is that teaching children today? A quote from S. Shyam Sundar, who is a Distinguished Professor of communications, came back with his thoughts on the subject that proves how technological advances are not helping the Millennials, it reads “Cultures built around technology can also lead to compromises of expressions and these restrictions could become the norm.” (Erickson). In this quote, he is saying that this technology people have today is not helping them show how they really feel. People are not able to show how mad or excited they are through text. If people keep this going, this will become normal, and showing feelings will be unusual and nobody will know what others think. All this use of electronics is corrupting childrens’ English. People took a survey of whether they would rather text or call, and the answers came back with eighty percent of the people under twenty-five would
How often are texts made up of complete words, proper grammar, and the correct use of punctuation? Almost never. Texting and other technology have made grammar and English skills decline in the past few years. People who text do not usually use the proper punctuation, like commas or periods, their grammar has declined, and most of their texts consist of “LOL” and “OMG”. Technology, more specifically texting, is ruining English skills by corrupting the way we speak. The texting concept was developed in nineteen eighty-four by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert, and later in nineteen ninety-two, the first text was sent (Erickson). The first text was sent from a PC, because at the time, mobile phones did not have keyboards (Erickson). That text was sent from Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis, and read “Merry Christmas” (Erickson). When texting first started, each person who owned a phone sent only about 0.4 texts a month, but now eighty-one percent of the people who own a mobile phone subscribe to texting and send multiple texts a day (Erickson). Texting has evolved from the first phone able to text--made in 1993 by Nokia, to different phone carriers being able to send texts to each other in 1999, to “swype” texting in 2011, all the way to the iPhones, which were introduced in 2007 (Erickson). With all this modern technology, it has been easier than ever for children to get distracted. This has caused English and grammar scored to drop dramatically. They spend more time on the internet than they should, which could lead to problems later on in life. But, why should anyone be concerned with this? Well, someone who does not know proper English and is addicted to technology could have a challenging time trying to find a job, which could lead to difficulties trying to provide for themselves, and potentially lead to homelessness or other hardships. Does a person really want to wish this upon them? Children and students today are spending too much time on electronic devices. …show more content…
Children are spending at least 6-8 hours a day on an electronic device--mostly a cell phone (Bauerline). Instead of doing homework or searching something educational, children are usually on social media, texting, or browsing the internet (Bauerline). Schools across the nation, also, are encouraging their students to do work online and becoming “e-literate” (Bauerline). Becoming “e-literate” is known as becoming illiterate because the more they are on the internet browsing around, the less they are finding out information the right way (Bauerline). All students would have to do is type in their question and it pops right up with the answer right there. There is absolutely no work being done there. Students learn more by going through books, journals, encyclopedias, or something of that sort, because they are secretly reading all of the information there is, but instead the answer is bolded or highlighted for apparent sight. The amount of time children spend on electronic devices is very unhealthy. It is not very often to spot a child using the internet how people in the past imagined it would be used. All children want to look up is the life of a celebrity, or they have to update their status, or even creep on people they know (Bauerline). What is that teaching children today? A quote from S. Shyam Sundar, who is a Distinguished Professor of communications, came back with his thoughts on the subject that proves how technological advances are not helping the Millennials, it reads “Cultures built around technology can also lead to compromises of expressions and these restrictions could become the norm.” (Erickson). In this quote, he is saying that this technology people have today is not helping them show how they really feel. People are not able to show how mad or excited they are through text. If people keep this going, this will become normal, and showing feelings will be unusual and nobody will know what others think. All this use of electronics is corrupting childrens’ English. People took a survey of whether they would rather text or call, and the answers came back with eighty percent of the people under twenty-five would