Kate Moore, of Des Moines, IA, recently won a texting competition. That's right...a texting competition. Some challenges included texting while blindfolded and texting while maneuvering through an obstacle course. Accuracy and speed is the name of the game. Although the Iowa teen took home a $50,000 price for winning the competition, you have to wonder where our youth is headed. Kate claims that she's not getting caught up in the digital world as she maintains good grades, but come on...
She claims to send 400 to 470 texts per day. Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea how many text messages that is? Let's crunch the numbers. Assuming she sleeps 8 hours every night, that means she's awake for 16 hours daily. Her 400 to 470 texts per day translates to 25 to 29 texts per hour. That means, on average, she is sending a text message every 2 to 2.4 minutes. Let me repeat that, she sends a text every 2 to 2.4 minutes that she is awake every day. Those mind boggling numbers don't even include the text messages that she receives. Think about those numbers for a minute and let it soak in. She is 15 years old! How do you ever pay attention to anything in school? How do you do anything for that matter?
The sad thing is....Kate is just one of millions of teens in this country with what should be labeled as a disease, an addiction, a problem. Despite her hefty reward, are her parents really proud? I certainly hope not. And speaking of the reward, what kind of message is LG (the competition sponsor) sending to this nation's children? Makes me sick.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_re_us/us_texting_championship
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