Should SMS be accepted as a new language and taught in schools?
This is insane!! First off, SMS already has been causing many problems in society, whether it involves SMS while driving, SMS while in school, or just during inappropriate times, in general. Yes, it is nice that most people know the abbreviations in SMS, but that wont necessarily help you in a car accident.
In school, that is another story. It should not be taught because it is clear that SMS causes attention issues while in the classroom setting. Additionally, if we taught SMS in schools, students might think that it is acceptable to start using SMS where it is not acceptable; or possibly using SMS when they should not be, such as on papers or homework assignments.
Overall, being honest here, the second you start using SMS, you are doing it most of the time unknowingly, or completely avoid it and type out the full words in your text. So no, we should not....that is stupid....very, very stupid.
Definitely agree, Mike. Teaching SMS as a language, to me, is a ridiculous idea. It is a convenient way to communicate - nothing more. I mentioned in my post that things like this are constantly changing and I really think that at some point we won't even text anymore because we will have moved onto the next communication trend. Instant Messaging and online chatting were huge for many years and those have both been slowly dying as SMS takes over.
ReplyDeleteI really agree with this post gorilla, I think SMS has taken too much of a dip in our social world. I've said this a million times but really our society is pushing all of this technology without really thinking of the negatives.
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