Ring! Ring! Ring!

 

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring! Where is that sound coming from? That is the sound of a cellular phone receiving a text. Today we depend on texting tremendously. Some generations use texting more than others. College students like myself depend on their cell phones on a daily basis. Some say it affects our grades, some say we can’t do anything without texting, and some even say that they don’t even see why we have cell phones. We text while we drive, we text all throughout the day, and we text while we work; moreover texting is affecting our lives drastically.

            Text messaging has been the topic of discussion by many for the longest period of time. From texting while driving to people saying it affects our grades in school.  It has always been a topic of discussion. In surveys studies show that only 22% percent of college students say they don’t text and drive (Walters, 2012). That leaves the other 88% percent of college student’s texting behind the wheel. Texting while driving leads to numerous car accidents that involve college students. For example, texting while you drive takes away your attention from the road for at least five seconds. If you are going 55 miles per hour then in the matter of those five seconds you will drive three hundred feet without paying attention to the road. (Because Texting and Driving Kills, 2013) We college students tend to overlook thing naturally. When you throw texting into the mix we tend to lose interest in what we should be doing and pay attention to our texts. Even though we say it is harmless or that it will never happen to us texting while driving is dangerous. It impacts our lives as well as others. Texting while driving is one way that texting has its negative impact on us.

            For those who say texting affects our grades they are wrong. Yes, it may affect our writing skills when we are not writing proficiently or if we just write down notes; however, when it is time to write a scholarly writing we tend to write pieces of literature like they are expected to be written. Texting influences us to write and use writing to express ourselves and be more open. It makes things easy as far as writing because we use texting throughout the day. Which means that our minds begin to process things such as sentences, what word fits best here or there. It makes us think of how we use our sentence structure because since we can’t show emotion through a text we have to type our messages in a way to where the recipient understands our viewpoint in the text message and how we feel about it. It makes our mind think more, to process things, and it also allows us to be more comfortable about writing. Texting can be beneficial.

            How often do we use texting throughout the day? Is it simply too much? College students typically spend hours a day texting. We typically just can’t do anything without picking up our phones for a text. Whenever it boils down to it though we will put down our phones whenever it is time for us to do so. Such as whenever we are at our jobs and can’t use our phones. We go without texting and do our jobs. During our leisure or free time we our constantly on our phones texting, and many people judge us for that even though that free time is our time to do anything.

            As far as texting affecting our lives I would have to say that it does. It can be a very opinionated topic. Is it a good thing or bad? That is for each individual to decide. Nobody will ever know exactly how much something affects someone’s life because nobody can live anybody else’s life but his/her own. In my opinion it affects us more than what it should. It is not a bad thing, but we rely on it so much on a daily basis. So, texting may very well be a topic of discussion, but for now it will always be one of the most controversial topics of them all.

Links for Texting Stats

http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stats/

 

 

 

 

Works Cited

Because Texting and Driving Kills. (2013). Retrieved from Texting and Driving Safety: http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stats/

Walters, L. (2012, April 25). 78 Percent of College Students Use Cell Phones While Driving. Retrieved from EHS Today: http://ehstoday.com/safety/78-percent-college-students-use-cell-phones-while-driving