Learning From Our Youth (Text Messaging)

You’re probably not like me, that is, not real up on all this text messaging and 
“lol” stuff. I mean it is not what you see on the latest online training screens 
of Mike, or Ewen’s training online. And even though folks my age may not be able 
to understand how the kids can refer to this as free text messaging or exactly 
what is being said on the new fast finger exercise our youngsters are calling 
“texting” it seems it may be here to stay for a while. 
 
 
The other day my 13 year old Grandson was wanting to text a message to my 14 
year old Granddaughter. I knew we were entering an area where we would lose 
phone service in just a matter of minutes so I mentioned that fact to my 
Grandson. To 
my surprise, in the amount of time it took me to mention the problem area to 
him, he had sent the message to its destination and by the time we had 
re-entered service area, two miles, he had his reply.  Since I knew the length 
of the message, that we were wanting to relay, I knew he could not have typed 
the complete message in the matter of seconds before losing signal, so I ask him 
how he was able to send the message so quickly. He simply smiled and said, “it’s 
texting, Pepa”. Text messaging has a language all of its own. Text messaging, or 
texting is the common term for the sending of "short" (160 characters or fewer) 
text messages from mobile phones using the Short Message Service (SMS). Text 
Messaging is a fairly new phenomenon that has revolutionized how we use cell 
phones. I was fascinated by how quickly the message was relayed and replied to. 
More quickly than if we had placed a call and held a conversation about the 
subject. And even quicker now is the Text messaging on a mobile with a keyboard. 
New technology always amazes me but the ability of the youth, of today, to adapt 
to the new technology is even more astounding.  
 
Text messaging has become a huge part of our lives, and it will be the first 
place law enforcement officers will turn to for clues in school crimes and other 
related incidents. My Grandson mention his friends using nicknames at school 
when they text back and forth. When I ask why they used nicknames he informed me 
it was in case one of them got caught texting when they were not suppose to, it 
would keep the rest of them from loosing their phones. Now, why didn’t I know 
that!

Text messaging has become so popular that advertising agencies and advertisers are now jumping into the text message business.

 
In May of 2005 we read where a company was working on new technology that 
promises to make text messaging easy. Text Messaging on Campus PageGate can be 
used by colleges and university to alert their faculty and students of urgent 
situations.  Text messaging is fast, cheap and private.  
 
Leave it up to the adults to learn how to interpret the whole mess and figure 
out a way to turn a free thing into a money maker. Now we have courses on text 
messaging safety, all about sending text messages and how to understand text 
lingo. 
Why don’t we just ask our Children? Doesn’t anyone talk to our kids today? 
Besides the Gang Members! 
 
It makes one wonder, sometime, where to jump onto this wagon of never ending 
knowledge. Is it too late for Grandpa and Grandma to get in on this vast 
learning cycle? 
I am just now getting a pretty good handle on e-mail. And now I find that the 
junk mail has just about made it a thing of the past. “Text” may be the way! Who 
Knows? 
 
I am always excited when I see new stuff come on the market. I have seen near 60 
years of constant changes take place in this United States. I have watched the 
young folks lead in the use of the modern technologies in every generation. I’ve 
seen the 45’s, LP albums, reel to reel, 8 track and cassette recorders and 
lately CDs, computers, mp-3s and I-pods. Blue something or another is on the tip 
of every youngster’s tongue, or should I say tooth, and electronic games and TV 
screens or small enough to carry in a lunch sack or to fit in a wrist watch.  No 
one knows for sure where this age of technology will end up, but we can be 
pretty sure a child will lead the way.  
 
What an exciting time we are living in today. I can hardly wait to see what the 
next twenty years will bring. 
 
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