Texting in Schools

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     I recently have done some research on texting and it's involvement in our language development skills. After considering both sides and the argumentation of each, I must say for many reasons, I agree that texting is not killing our language.I do think it may add a stigma to our relationships, but of course that is an entirely different post. First of all, kids are having to think more about how words sound when creating abbreviations. Secondly, when texting most kids have auto-correct, allowing them to having repeated exposure to how words are correctly spelled. This is something that we would not have, if we were writing notes to pass in class, something that we did before texting came to be so popular. Writing notes in class leads me to my next point: even before texting children found "forbidden" ways to communicate during class. How do I know I'm right? I don't. I do see studies supporting my argument. Furthermore, I know I myself have passed notes in class. Let's be honest, kids love to communicate with each other and have always found ways to do so; the only difference now is that it's involving more advanced technology.