Do you think it is having a bad effect on youth? (I mean by the way we write on msn and texting). Do you think it's harming more than just spelling? What can we do to stop the negative effects?
2006-10-30 04:59:10 · 4 answers · asked by It's Me 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Since the purpose of writing is to communicate, I don't see the new style as bad, just more efficient.
People have always opposed changes in language, until they die off and the new becomes the norm.
The only harm would be if people are no longer able to read things that were written before this style developed. But I don't see this happening.
Here's a series of quotes by people who opposed earlier technological changes:
Students today can't prepare bark to calculate their problems. They depend upon their slates, which are more expensive. What will they do when their slate is dropped and it breaks? They will be unable to write!
—Teachers Conference (1703)
Students today depend upon paper too much. They don't know how to write on slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can't clean a slate properly. What will they do when they run out of paper?
—Principal's Association (1815)
Students today depend too much upon ink. They don't know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.
—National Association of Teachers (1907)
2006-10-30 06:34:28 · answer #1 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that as long as literacy and writing is still used in schools that we will be able to counteract the effects of this, I am more worried about the loss of handwriting than of anything else, after all a computer has spell check etc but when you're writing by hand you don't have this.
Kids are resilient and I think that there will always be people that struggle to write, but there will also always be people that love language and want to keep it.
2006-10-30 13:07:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no rule that says "The old way is the best way." Our communications will continue to evolve... hopefully to increase the bandwidth of ideas rather than just the terse electronic form... but we won't have control over the process or the outcome.
I'm more concerned about what "reality tv" says about our society?
Aloha
2006-10-30 13:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It does kids
will spend
countless
hours on texting that they dont even realize they could save time and effort on just calling the person.
2006-10-30 13:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by Me 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋