In the article it states “technology isn't killing our
ability to write. It's reviving it—and pushing our literacy in bold new
directions”, I 100% agree with this statement. Technology isn’t all about spending amount of
times texting friends and purposely writing like a fool or lazy person, it’s
what stays us connected to everyone else. It’s kind of like a language. It’s communication.
Speaking o in this case, testing/typing this “language” may be difficult at
first but once you get the hang of it you will understand this “language” My
mom got Facebook and got in to texting just a while ago and she says it’s
probably the most annoying ever created by mankind, she struggles with deciphering
what OMG, LOL or WTF is.. But she admits she understands how the younger
generation gets enticed with talking the way we do, as she will constantly ask
me what these acronym mean and once she gets it, she will start using it!
However when it comes to a formal setting like school, where
I have to write an analytical essay or a persuasive essay I will actually look
into how my grammar is or if I spelled a word right and learn to not abbreviate
words. I know that there is a time and a place for everything. Right now it seems like our generation is
killing what people in the past has established to what good writing should
look like but you never know by the time we have our own children or when our children have their own children, ,
the dynamics of what good writing is may have changed because our generation.
Just a thought to think about ;)
It was unclear to me whether or not you agreed that this generation's technology has affected the way we communicate with one another. Would you say that your communication skills are greater than your parents but you grammar is lesser than theirs?
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