Middle-school teachers in Australia want to teach text-messaging as part of their language-arts curriculum. Students at Sahuarita High School were asked recently what they thought about teaching text-messaging.
"If middle-school teachers started teaching students text-messaging, students wouldn't take it seriously, but instead take the class as an easy 'A.' This would be a waste of time because the technology will eventually increase and would create something easier and more efficient than text-messaging."
Oliver Ngayan
16, junior
"I feel that as text-messaging and e-mailing become much more used in today's world, it would be a useful class so people are trained on how to use them. Students should still be taught how to write formal letters and essays using pen and paper, but as the world becomes centered and dependent upon technology, classes should evolve towards technology-based curriculums."
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Michelle Pokrant
17, junior
"I think teaching text-messaging would be a waste of time because most people with phones already know how to text-message. Why not teach things that could be useful for jobs, like filling out applications."
Nichole Paulos
16, junior
"It's obviously a waste of time. Though text-messaging has become a semi-major form of communication, you don't see e-mail being taught as a replacement for writing letters. The basics are what should be focused on."
Marie Jones
16, junior
"Text-messaging is a far too simple thing to learn to be taught in school. It would be a waste, partly because it just doesn't belong in school. Using a telephone and sending e-mails are not school curriculum and teaching text-messaging would just be a standing joke."
Karianne Tatum
16, junior
