Reflection+Paper

The reason I chose texting as my topic, was because it is one of my favorite things to do. I used to watch my mother text and I always found it fascinating. I had always wanted a cell phone. I got my first phone when I
 * Reflections **

was in the 4th grade. I got my moms old phone while she got a new one. The first phone I got was a flip phone. I texted many of my friends whenever I got the chance. As I grew older I got my own phones over the years. The

first year of middle school was when I got a lot of new friends. The more friends I had the more people I had to text. I am now in the 8th grade and I am not obsessed. I have grown out of the fascination of texting and now

interact face to face and go places with my friends. I still text, just not as much. I felt that if I liked texting so much while I was younger maybe I should learn more about it.

Over the years texting has become so popular, that they even hold contests to see who can text the fastest. My topic relates to the 21st century because it has come so far throughout the years and it is one of the

most popular hobbies/subjects in America today. Texting has replaced face to face and even phone calls as a means of communication. Texting may be a big part of my future and the future in general. There may come a

time, when texting will seem old fashioned, but for now it is cutting edge and the most popular way for people with cell phones and other devices to communicate.

Texting does have many downfalls. Many people have died because of texting. Texting while driving has been banned in many states and in some states you can't even talk on the phone while you are driving. Texting

has made oral communication less popular. Many people don't talk to their friends at school or whenever they see them, they text them. Texting also causes some people to have lower grades in school. Many people use

abbreviations while they text and then go back to school and use the abbreviations in their school papers. As a result of this our basic language skills may be suffering as a whole. Texting can be useful, but overall it can be a

big waste of time and cause people to have diminished social and communication skills. Only the future will tell what impact texting will have overall on society.

While researching my topic I had gotten some blocked internet sites but I just went on with other websites that were not blocked. Some sites that I visited were not credible, I had to look for credible sites to get

information I needed. If I used one non-credible site it would have messed up my entire project. Other than blocked sites and non-credible sites I was perfectly fine while researching my topic. I found tons of information and

learned tons of things I never knew about my favorite thing to do. This project has opened up my eyes to both the benefits and dangers of texting.