Could Texting Be Good for Students?

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I think we should be allowed to text in school because this world is circled around technology, for instance in my school every single student has an iPad. It's the way the world is going and we can all do work and text at the same time. I do this constantly. Texting in. My PERSONAL opinion is a good thing. Now. I don't believe in texting while driving. I just think that's stupid some of my friends have gotten in wrecks because they were texting. So texting while driving should stay a big NONO.

Marie of NC 12:01PM September 20, 2011

There really isnt a great time to text. I am in high school and they let us text between classes, but when it comes to the classrooms its up to the teachers if they let us. Students still do it and they dont care weather they get caught for texting or not. Texting has became an addiction to out genarations. There shouldnt be texting words in assinments at all. Students are there to learn not to learn how to text, or to text at all. I only know of a few schools who block out cell phone signals so students do not text during school, weather if its to they're parnets or a friend. If its to their parents then the parent does not really care that they should be learning not texting people or them.

Anonymous of AZ 9:12PM September 10, 2011

if you can multi-task then it shouldnt be a problem. i text during school but yet i dont fail. its just the people who dont care about school who use their phone as a distraction.

jessica blake 2:22AM June 23, 2011

I am a 6th grade student and honestly, I love texting. But I don't think us students should be texting in school. It's just not the right time to be texting, when there's work to do. Even if you're texting in between classes, if the school does not allow it, you shouldn't be doing it. At least that's what I think.

anonymous of NY 5:45PM May 22, 2011

I don't think its good or bad, and i agree that texting will stay and it will get students more exited about learning.

Crystal of VA 11:07AM May 17, 2011

Texting is important to us kids because It keeps our minds active and can keep us up on assignments by calling friends if we forget something. Texting is a normal part of tween and teen day. Asking us to stop is like asking a bird not to fly. It is here to stay, and although it can be distracting at times, it keeps our brain running. I think if teachers used it right, they could get us excited about anything, from spit molecules to what kind of bullets the confederacy used in the civil war.

Kasidi of VA 12:09PM May 11, 2011

People have to agree that a Happy student is not only more effective and more efficient, but that they can look forward to class and participate more and more about it. Texting is very popular among teens but will soon become popular with everyone. I would rather see high school students become bad in school because of their texting then to see them do bad in college. High school is supposed to teach them life lessons, and I believe that this texting problem can be solved by a small amount of failure.

Tom of VT 7:53AM March 30, 2011

I agree with the teacher, texting is here to stay so why not use it and get the students excited about learning

connie of PA 5:48PM February 08, 2011

I feel tht txtn in the edu deprtmnt is really hurting students in spelling. However socially it's a tool of communication. Annie McCanless is absolutly correct tht its part of Teen's lives. But not just teens. Its become everywhere in eveybodies lives. Take the American Idol example. My Grandmother loves that show but how does she cast her vote? She tells us Grand-Children to send a "txt". So in education, it has its pros and cons however its here to stay.

Isiah Sanchez of AZ 10:25PM September 20, 2010

It's hard to take you seriously in calling the teacher in question lazy, when you were too lazy to capitalize or use correct punctuation, or spelling or grammar for that matter. I hardly think you're in a good position to be criticizing someone's level of laziness, sitting in that glass house. People baffle me. Texting is fine in context. But it can water down the language. Unfortunately, as the previous commenter has illustrated, that watering down began long before texting entered the picture.

Sondra of AZ 5:40AM September 15, 2010