Read the Is Texting 2 Much Bad 4 U? article from Junior Scholastic, September 7, 2009.
Then post a comment to the blog. Your comments must answer the following questions. Your response should be written in paragraph format.
- Why did you choose this article to read?
- What concerns do you think the author might have about texting?
- What are the benefits of texting?
- Are you in charge of texting, or is texting in charge of you (take the quiz on page 7 to find out).
- Share an important detail that you found in the article that you think every Middle School Student should know about. Explain why you think this detail is important.
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ReplyDeleteI chose to read this article because I like to text and it really good because it taught me a lot of stuff. I think the concern the author might have about texting is that texting can let you lose track of what you are suppose to be doing and let you lose track of wants going on in school. The benefits of texting are the fact that they don’t waste that much minutes, easy way to communicate, it’s time saving and best of all instead of calling people you just text. Basically I’m in charge of texting because I stop texting when I feel like it ,but something I just don’t text at all. One important detail I found in the article was that sometimes people get interrupted when sleeping. I pick that as an important detail because some people sometimes don’t turn off their phone at night and keep it on and it always distracts them. So I advice people to stop texting
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I agree with Tiffany Abbey about wht texting does to you. I agree that texting distracts a person because one day, my uncle was supposed to take care of me and my sister. He received a text message in his cell phone. Then, my sister tripped and my uncle was too busy texting back to help my sister.
ReplyDeleteI chose to read this article because texting is one of my top ten things to do.One concern i think the author has about texting is that if you do it while driving you could get in an accident.The benefits of texting is that you have fun and it lets you keep in touch with your friends.I am in charge of texting because i know when to stop and when to text. One important detail all sixth grade students should know is that once you become addicted sometimes it is hard to stop. I chose this because sometimes you stay addicted and you cant stop texting. You should learn how to control texting or it is going to be in charge of you!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Hector Alava has responded that texting has the benefits of having fun and it lets you keep in touch with friends.
ReplyDeleteI also agree what Tiffany Abby has said,texting can make you loose track.
I choose to read this article because i wanting to find if teens are texting to much.I think the author are concerns for teens who text a lot.I think she wants to tell teen they can text but don't take it to far.The brnefit of texting is for can commucatie with out calling.Are you in charge of texting or is it in charge of you?I think every stundent in Middle School you not text in class because they are not learning anything if they just texting they friends.
ReplyDeleteI choose this article because some of my family members texts a lot so I was concerned for them.I think the the author is concern about all the texting her or she seen are maybe they did it them selfs.so they saw that it was effecting her or him .The befit of texting is to save time and to connect easier with family members that live far from you.I don't think am in charge of texting or texting is in charge of me because I don't text and I don't like texting .A detail I think is important for the middle schoolers is texting can effect your grade,your sleeping order ,and it can cause thumb injuries.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Ishtiaq hector and tiffany you can loose track of what you are doing one time my cousin was cooking and she got a text then burned the food.:(People do loose time of sleeping and that do affect there learning . Maybe someday people will learn how to stop texting!!
I agree with Hector, students and adults need to control their texting. After reading all of your responses, I am curious ... Do you think if students were allowed to have cell phones at Hyde that they would send text messages throughout the school day to other Hyde students? Or maybe their friends at other schools?
ReplyDeleteI chose to read this article because i always text .I think the author is concerned that if teens keep texting they will loose track in school ,also they might not be focused one what they are supposed to be doing.The benefits of texting is that you dont have to take up so much time also you dont have to waste time calling.I am in charge of texting because I know when to stop and most texts interrupt things Im going.One important detail that I found in the article was 'it's too much when it starts to interfere with the other activities in your life like school,homework ,of sports. I think this is you need to either stop or slow down.
ReplyDeleteI chose to read this article because now I know different reasons why textring is bad and good. I learned a lot from this article. I think the author is concerned that texting is unhealthy for the teenage brain. I also think that it's starting to be a bad habbit.The benefits of texting are that teenagers can communicate in a different way. when far apart, friends can text to each other.Also, texting helps teens have a stronger social bond with thier friends or with new people.One detail that I think is importantis that kids ages 13 to 17 sent and got an average of 2,272 texts per month.I think this detail is important because now me and many other know to watch how much they text.
ReplyDeleteI chose to read this article because I text everyday.The concern I think the author has for texting is that is is controlling teens.The benifits of texting are that you dint have to call so much. Also it is easier to tell someone what you have to say.I am in charge of texting. I am in charge because i only text for a few hours abd i know when to stop.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what tiffany that txting makes you loose track of time.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Latrellya that too much texting can make you loose track of things in your life.
ReplyDeletei choose this article because i like to text so i wanted to know more about texting. Maybe the author was like that before or her or his kids are like that.the benefits of texting is when you are sleeping turn off your phone. your life don't always have to be around the phone or texting. you need to be careful because you could injurie a thumb. i thinkmiddle school students should not texts because they could hurt hemself. i think this detail is very important because i know people would not want to lost there thumb.
ReplyDeletei choose this article because i like to text so i wanted to know more about texting. maybe the author was like that before her or his kid was like that before.the benefits of texting is when you are sleeping turn off yoour phone. your life dose not to be around the phone or texting.you could alway lost or injurie your thumb from texting.i think middle school students shouldn't text because they could lost or hurt a thumb.i think this detail is very important because i know people wouldn't want to lost a thumb.
ReplyDeleteI chose this article to read because I want to know what texting really does to you.I also chose this article to read because I love texting my friends.The concerns I think the author might have about texting is that students might be distracted from various things such as schoolwork and sleep.The benefits of texting are that you can stay connected with your friends and family without calling them every 5 minutes.I am in charge of texting because I don't let texting take control of me.I know when to text on my cell phone and when not to text.Yet I do feel anxious to text when I turn off my cell phone because I have absolutley nothing to do.An important detail that I found in the article is that "Doctors and psychologists warn that excessive texting may be leading to a host of problems,including distractions from schoolwork,interrupted sleep, and thumb injuries caused by to much repetitive motion." I think this detail is important because students might start experiencing these types of problems and won't be able to text nor type anymore.I think it is important for students not to be interrupted during their sleep because they have school the next day and who wants to be sleeping during class? My advice to Hyde students is to limit your texting because you don't when these things could happen to you and plus we're a LEADERSHIP school!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Hector Alava and Myriam Lopez because alot of people in my family do text alot and texting is one of MY top ten things to do.One time my brother recieved a text message then he texted my cousin then my cousin texted her my aunt and it goes on and on and on.Whenever I have nothing to do I always text someone wether their available or unavailable.
ReplyDeleteI Agree with Nickie because when texting in class you concenrate on that. also it can get you in a world of troble.
ReplyDeleteI chose to read this article because I want to know how is texting bad for you. Also, I text sometimes and i want to see if i am addicted to it. I think the author's concern is that maybe she does not like to to text that much. Also, this is the reason why the author wrote this article. the benfits of texting is that instead of calling every 5 or 10 minutes, the person just send a small note to that person. Is texting in charge of you or you are in chage of texting. I think thaty every body can ansewer that question correctly. you are the one sending a mesage to thet person, not the other way around. The important detail i found is that kids between 13 and 17 text all the time. they text about 80 mesages a day!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tiffany because sometimes if you text, you don't get much sleep when you text. I agree with Myriam because sometimes when I text, my fingers hurt. one time when I was playing mortal kombat on my play station 2, my thumb was hurting me. Until the next day it stoped.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ms.Moloughney because if the school let us bring our phones, it will be crazy. Everybody will talk one the phone and text. By the time the teacher says there will be a test of quiz they will fail. Also that won't will be good.
ReplyDeleteI was intrested in reading this article because I wanted to know if just texting is really that bad. I think the concerns the author is that kids might get too addicted to texting.Another concern the author has about texting is that kids will get hurt by texting a lot.The benefits of texting are that you keep in touch with friends and family. Also if there is an emergency then you can call them when you need them.I am in charge of texting because I only text when I really need to text someone.
ReplyDeleteI choose to read this article because the title caught my eye.When i saw the title I wondered " Is texting bad for me ? ". I think the author was concerned for our health.In the news they say that people are getting hurt because they are texting and not paying attention. I also think the author is concerned that students will not do good in school because of texting.The benefits of texting is that some people are shy and might not like talking on the phone so they can just text.Also you can talk to alot of peopel at the same time. I am in charge of texting.I only said yes to 2 of the questions. I was very close to texting being in charge of me.So now that i was close to texting being in charge of me my goal is to say yes to none of the questions. A detail that i found important is " Doctors and psychologist warn that excessive texting may be leading to a host of problems". I think that is a important detail because if kids and adult know that then they might want to start thinking about if there thumb hurt so they would know they need to slow down on the texting.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kevin because texting can get you into alot of trouble. Once one of my good friends was texting in class when we was reviewing for a test. When the test came backk to us and was graded my friend failed.
ReplyDeletei agree with you Tiffany Abbey but it can be very hard becuse they might a have form an obsesstion with texting
ReplyDeleteI agree with Zainab that it is good to text your friends.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kenneth Winfrey because texting can become an obsesstion. Also, you can never put your phone down because you love to text.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Zainab and Nickie. I agree with them because you can talk to your friends more often when you text.
ReplyDeleteI choose to read this article because i text alot myself and i wanted to know if it was bad for me.I think the author is concerned about the outcome of teen texting.The benefit of texting is that you can keep in touch with your family without running out your mintues (prepaid). Texting is not in charge of me because i know how to control my text obsession .The sayin "Texting in the class rooms is on the rise" should be known to every teen because they prabably wondering why their grades are so bad .If they dont pay attenion how would good grades come in .
ReplyDeleteI agree with Hector Alava because texting is 1 of my top 10 things to do.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Zainab that it is good to text your friends because if you was absent in school and you need homework you can get it. texting is better than calling because some people dont have phones and they can go on meebo or air aim on a computer.
ReplyDeletei agree with zainab and hector because texting is one of my top ten favorite things to do.One concern i think the author has is to see how many people text in one day.The benefits of texting is to try not to text alot and be more focus on your schhol work.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tysai Washington because if you are absent you can IM/text your classmates if you need the homework.So therefore,texting is helpful in some areas of your life.:!:.
ReplyDeleteI choose to read "Is txting 2 much bad 4 u?" because I like to text. It's a great way of communicating with other people. My family, friends and I send 80, usually more text messages a day. Some concerns I think the author has is that for some kids texting gets in the way of doing their daily routine. Some kids even stay up all night texting. Since they stay up that late they are tired during the day and may not pay attention during class. Some benefits about texting is of course it's a great way of communicating with each other. Also because maybe you're busy and you can't be talking, you could text the person rather than talking. My sister likes texting rather than talking on the phone because she thinks it's easier. I don't like calling because I get bored talking for after a long time. I'm in charge of texting because when I feel like texting I do, if not I don't. A very important detail I found in the text was that kids get interrupted in their sleep by texting. I think it's important because it keeps you and the person you're texting awake. Also because when you sleep that's the time when you should relax. People should either stop or slow down their texting.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tiffany when she said that texting saves you minutes. I also agree when she said that texting makes you lose track of time.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Myriam because sometimes I get concerned about my family members. Sure I text alot but not as much as them.
ReplyDeleteI chose this comment because texting is fun and you can aim people and its so fun. I think it's important because it keeps you and the person you're texting awake.Sometimes when i get bored i will text.
ReplyDeleteThat texting is so fun and it rocks and when you be bored you can text. I think it's important because it keeps you and the person you're texting awake.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to read this article because it made me think why texting is bad for me? Also the concerns I have for the author is may say that texting can bring people together but can go bad. The benefits of texting are not doing well in school, getting addict, and non-stop texting. But I am in charge of texting. Also I don’t have a phone.
ReplyDeleteI think that is texting to much bad for you is an interesting story because it tells you that if you text to much you will continue to text and texting in class is not good because you won’t get a lot of information for a test or any kind of quiz and that story really helped me because it teaches me not to text a lot. I chose this article because I like texting and I wanted to know what they were talking about when they said texting is bad for you. I think the authors concerns were to tell you that texting might be to bad for you.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to read this article because I wanted to know is texting really bad for you.I think the author is concern for us because he thinks students are doing bad at school because of this.The benefits for texting is that you can communicate with others.I am not in charge of texting and I don't think texting is in charge of me.What I think was important was how you can injure your thumb. When it comes to stuff like that I think it is a serious matteer
ReplyDeleteI agree with Myriam because I am concern about my family.I think they need to stop texting!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Maria Jose Guzman about texting is becoming a bad habit.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Tiffany said I love to text it's a bad habit. I will like to give advice that if you can't stop texting you serouisly have a big problem. The athour's concern was that she wanted to know why some people are scared to turn off there phone. I choose this article because I am addicte to texting. The benefits of of texting is you can't learn or sleep. One thing I think is important to every middle school student is that you are in charge of texting, texting is not in charge of you.
ReplyDeletei think this article of texting is really bad 4 u helps me and I choose this text because it helps me when I get a new phone. Then I can know when im addicted to texting. KIds and parents have to stop! Because they can get a text message from a bad person. I chose this article because I love texting my friends on my moms phone and I can se what texting can lead to
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gio because teens really, REALLY need to stop texting a lot. I dont say its bad, I'm just saying that texting tooooooo much might affect their learning and school grades. No offence.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with Cleidy because she said doing bad in school, getting addicted by texting and non-stop texting are BENEFITS. I wonder if that is true!
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ReplyDeleteI read this article because I like to text.I think the author is concern about students texting and not doing your class work.The benifits are that you dont have to call your friends.I am in charge of texting.I think it is inportant for students to know that you have to be able to stop texting for a while.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Maryam because I also think that texting can affect your grades and your health.I think it is good that she dosent text because I once forgot to do my homework because I wasd texting.
I choose to read this artical because i like to text to much. I agree because i have to stop texting to much because i get in alot of troble just by texting to my cousin. Also i think the author is trying to tell me that if i text alot i can lose track of my learning in school .One information in the artical that captrues my intrest is that if your sleeping turn off your phone because you cant answer them back . The benifts of texting is that you safe miniutes and the fastest way to connect with people . Texting is in charged of me because i like to text and i cant stop texting into i fall asleep.
ReplyDeleteI chosse to write this because my mom textes alot. She texts my dad and my aunts and uncles and friends. Texting is infact bad for you because it occupating your time. You could be doing other things. There are other ways you could stop texing you could think about all the money you are wasting.
ReplyDeleteI chose to read this artical because I do text a lot.My mom alows me to text,but it is not good for my brain.That is what my uncle says,but I dont believe him.Also he says the benefit of texting is that you dont sleep or learn anything.Thats why I think texting is to much bad for you.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to read this article because I see lots of people texting a lot and it starts to take over them. I think the author thinks texting is bad because people don’t stop texting. I think the benefits of texting are not doing well in your everyday subjects. I am in charge of texting because I don’t like to text a lot cause it starts to take over me
ReplyDeleteI agree with Leslie Martinez when she said that kids are probably doing bad in school because of this.I agree with her because sometimes I dont do my homework.That why I agree with Leslie Marinez.
ReplyDeleteAnny I just want to say if you want to stop texting stay away from your phone the whole week.
ReplyDeletei agree with Tiffany because i also think that texting will distract you from learning. Ichoose to read this artical because i like to text to much to my cousin . One information in the artical that captures my interst in the artcal is that dont sleep with your phone on because you wont answer back.The benifts of texting is that safe miniutes and the fastest way to connect with people. Texting is in charge of me because i like to text and i cant stop texting into i fall asleep.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Kenda because when people start texting it"s just non-stop.So people should stop texting.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Shayne Bezares because it is so fun to go on aim and stuff,but you also have to know that it is not good to text though.
ReplyDeleteI chose this article because I was curios about why is texting bad for your for me. I think the author got a son or a dauther that are teenagers and they text to much on there phone and when he tells them put the phone away they dont lisen they are just texting. the benefits of texting is being adeted to texting and when there parents take it away they still are predenting there really texting until there parent give there phone back and do not say sorry or not say thank you they just go sraht to texting.
ReplyDeleteI choose this article because I like texting, it's fun. I agree with Tiffany because texting is fun, also because it saves time instead of spending like an hour on the phone. I also agree with Adriana because I do wish people would stop texting, like my cousins when they text they can't stop texting. My concern of the author is that he/she was adicted to texting, and he/she is trying to over come texting. The benefits of texting are saving time, and you can stick to what your doing. I'm in charge of texting. I took the quiz and all of my answers were no. An important detail that EVERY middle school student should know is that doctors and psychologists say that texting is a DISTRACTION to all learning, it INTERRUPS sleep, and causes thumb injuries. This detail is important because it tells you right there, text very little and DONT GET ADDICTED!
ReplyDeleteI choose to read this artical because I am adicted to texting an I want to know what goes on when I text text to much. The author is concern because I need to have lots of sleep and I can loose track of time for my homework.The benefits of texing is that you can learn or sleep if you keep on texting.
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