Texting is popular among people who are comfortable using their cell phones for communication. With this popularity, proficiency becomes important. This week’s article is about an international competition in texting. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
How many times each day do you send text messages? At what point would you consider the number of text messages being sent each day to be excessive? Are you part of the thumb tribe? What is the most unusual situation in which you have sent a text message? How often do you send text messages while in your classes? How important is it to text quickly? What would you recommend people do to improve their texting speed? Should texting be taught in school instead of keyboarding? When did you begin using a cell phone? Respond to the following quotation: “When you talk, you often blabber. If you text, you think more coherently because you have to make yourself understood in short but logical sentences.”
8 comments:
I don't have a cell phone so I don't text message. I would say... 10 text messages would be an extent to text messages. No, I am not a thumb drive but I do chat. I text message really rarely and I have never text messaged on an unusual situation. I think it is important to message quickly to send information quickly. It is good to get familiar with the keyboard. I think people should send more text messages to keep a good practice. I think texting would be taught in school along with typing because texting is a important mean of communication today so it should be kept in practice. I am going to start using cell phone from 10th grade. According to the quote, when you talk on a cell phone, you might talk about the main thing you want to say but also get into the other topics. But, when you just text message, you pass on just the particular information that you want to convey. It also saves more time. So I think that the quote is correct.
I do have a cell phone, and I text way to much for my own good, but I do not think that there should be a limit to how much some one should be allowed to text using their mobiles. I would probably say I am a thumb drive and I do chat a lot. I think it is very important to get a message to some one quickly. I think school should allow students to text as it gets a faster message through to the other person, and if you start to text from no where, it is hard to learn how to text fast, so if schools taught that, it would be way easier to learn from a start. I think that the quote is true, and a text message saves a lot of time.
Everyday I send a few text messages. A number of text messages that I think are like around 30 text messages. I think that I consider myself a thumb drive. I have never been in an unusual situation that I have sent a text message. I send text messages every once in a while in class. I think that it is important to text quickly because it can be very important. A way to improve texting is by texting more. I think that texting shouldn't be taught in school because typing is very important too. I began to use a cell phone in 5th grade. My response to the quote is that the person is encouraging texting instead of talking.
I barely text in this country, but I used to text a lot when I was in Korea. When it is excessive, I text more than 50. I am not part of the thumb tribe, but sometimes, text is easier than face to face. I don't think I had any unusual situation while I text. I don't text during the class after I got different language phone, but when I was in Korea, bored was equal to text messaging during the class. I think text messaging quickly is important when I am hurry, and when I want to talk faster. But I don't think texting should be taught in school instead of keyboarding. I began to use phone when I was in 7th grade. About the quote, I agree, because sometimes, talking to other people is not organized. But, when we text, we can organize thoughts coherently.
The number of times I text a day usually ranges from 0 to 3, and I rarely send more than 5. I would honestly consider any number greater than 10 per day to be excessive, and I do not consider myself, in any way, a member of the “thumb tribe”. I rarely send text messages in unusual situations, but I have preferred them over actual phone conversations in situations in which I would not be able to be heard very easily. I have never sent a text message while in class, and I do not view it as critically important to be able to text quickly. I would focus on clarity over speed, largely because I cannot count the number of times I have gotten cryptic, misspelled messages. The only real way to improve texting speed would be by texting more, however, in my opinion, keyboarding should continue to be taught in school, and texting should not. I have been a cell phone user since the age of 13, but I only got my own cell phone to use when I was 16. I disagree with the quotation. I feel that texting does not provide any further coherency than actual talking. Most people, when texting, value speed over clarity, and as a result will send messages that make little sense, either because of overuse of acronyms or abbreviations, misspelling, or more. I feel that I am better understood when I call someone rather than text them.
This article really relates to me. That is because I am constantly sending text messages to many people throughout the day. I send almost around 100 minimum text messages in one day, mostly after 5 pm. I know that I have a problem about excessive texting; I am always wasting my credit on text messages. More than 50 text messages a day should be considered excessive. Yes, I am part of the thumb tribe. The most unusual situation in which I have sent a text message was when I sent a message to my mom, and she was in the car with me. I usually send almost 2-3 messages in class. It is very important to be able to text very fast, and to do it without looking. That is because the faster your reply the text message, the better it is for the other person. Practice makes perfect. No, texting should be learned on the students own time, not in schools. I got my first cell phone in 4th grade. That is true, but you can also think faster than you text, and that can mess up the message.
Each day I send about 3 messages. I'd say anything over 20 messages would be excessive. I am not part of the thumb tribe because I do not chat a lot. I once had to text while riding a bike, I don't know why I didn't get off the bike to do it. I barely text in class. For me, I don't find it important to reply quickly. I would recommend people to phone instead of text. No, because texting is less formal. I started using a cell phone when I was 12 years old. I believe this quote is correct.
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