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Question of The Week (9-13-04)
In “Blogging May Make Teens Better Writers,” Dr. Samantha Blackmon says: “Who cares if a student, to save time, types ‘u’ for ‘you?’ I want to see them writing more and if that means breaking a few rules, that’s OK.”
What do you think about Dr. Blackmon’s comment? What do you think the authors of Hot Text would think about Dr. Blackmon’s comment?
-Dr. Blackmon makes a great point. A point that has been looked at as underrated for a good amount of time. If you look at the generation of children using Instant Messenger and other tools of communicating, they are young. I know a friend who is 18 and he has a 6-year-old sister who uses Instant Messenger to talk to her friends. She is still learning to spell and use proper punctuation but the point is she is writing at a very young age. This also means that her friends are also writing as well. 6 is a young age to even know how to use a computer. I know I was 14 when I started using Instant Messenger. As Dr. Blackmon put it, “breaking rules is OK as long as they are writing more.” This stands as a great point because you can learn punctuation and proper spelling in school, but writing at an early age is the key to learning subjects better and faster.
-I do not have the Hot Text textbook yet, so I cannot answer part 2 to the question, but I will gander a guess and say that the textbook says that this article would be a bad way to learn. |