2008 Woodie Awards
Staff Editorial: Texting
Dropping that call will not kill you
Issue date: 5/27/08 Section: Opinion
Suddenly you hear a chirping sound, it’s not the birds
outside, it’s your cell phone alerting you of a new text
message. OMG! Who could it be? You better stop what
you’re doing and check. It’s
your BFF. “What R U doin
2day?” In the middle of doing
homework, but that can take a
backseat. LOL.
So many of us are obsessed
with text messaging. While
some sing in the shower, others
text. We’ll even do it when we
know we are not supposed to.
Many of us put our lives at risk
and dare to text while driving.
We even text while at our jobs.
Professors ask us to turn
our cell phones off in class.
However, students will still text
hiding their hands and cell
phones in their backpacks.
Cell phones blatantly sit
on desks alongside textbooks
ready to check and send
messages.
Some are so talented, they
can face forward as if giving
professors their full attention
while holding their phones
under their desks and
sending messages.
As entertaining as it is to
communicate through creative
abbreviations, and as much
as we feel the need to be constantly
connected, it would not
kill us to turn our cell phones
off every once in a while.
People hesitate to turn them off
because we live in a society of
right now. If we cannot have it
or do it now, then we move on
to the next thing.
Looking for a phone number
or address? Forget pulling
out the massive phone book.
It’s straight to the Internet, and
with a few clicks, the number
appears. If you want a pizza,
you no longer have to go
through the trouble of calling
and actually speaking with a
human being.
With a few clicks of the
mouse a pizza will appear
on your doorstep within
30 minutes.
Just because everything is
available now doesn’t mean
we need everything now.
Receiving text messages all
day long is distracting.
There is no reason for us
to stop what we are doing to
check and send text messages.
Unless you are an ER doctor, a
firefighter, or your wife is going
into labor, no one really needs
to contact you immediately.
There once was a time when
text messaging did not exist,
and somehow everyone got
along just fine.
We all need to slow down.
Being on-the-go all the time is
no way to live life. Try turning
your cell phone off and disconnecting
yourself for a day. It
will not kill you.
outside, it’s your cell phone alerting you of a new text
message. OMG! Who could it be? You better stop what
you’re doing and check. It’s
your BFF. “What R U doin
2day?” In the middle of doing
homework, but that can take a
backseat. LOL.
So many of us are obsessed
with text messaging. While
some sing in the shower, others
text. We’ll even do it when we
know we are not supposed to.
Many of us put our lives at risk
and dare to text while driving.
We even text while at our jobs.
Professors ask us to turn
our cell phones off in class.
However, students will still text
hiding their hands and cell
phones in their backpacks.
Cell phones blatantly sit
on desks alongside textbooks
ready to check and send
messages.
Some are so talented, they
can face forward as if giving
professors their full attention
while holding their phones
under their desks and
sending messages.
As entertaining as it is to
communicate through creative
abbreviations, and as much
as we feel the need to be constantly
connected, it would not
kill us to turn our cell phones
off every once in a while.
People hesitate to turn them off
because we live in a society of
right now. If we cannot have it
or do it now, then we move on
to the next thing.
Looking for a phone number
or address? Forget pulling
out the massive phone book.
It’s straight to the Internet, and
with a few clicks, the number
appears. If you want a pizza,
you no longer have to go
through the trouble of calling
and actually speaking with a
human being.
With a few clicks of the
mouse a pizza will appear
on your doorstep within
30 minutes.
Just because everything is
available now doesn’t mean
we need everything now.
Receiving text messages all
day long is distracting.
There is no reason for us
to stop what we are doing to
check and send text messages.
Unless you are an ER doctor, a
firefighter, or your wife is going
into labor, no one really needs
to contact you immediately.
There once was a time when
text messaging did not exist,
and somehow everyone got
along just fine.
We all need to slow down.
Being on-the-go all the time is
no way to live life. Try turning
your cell phone off and disconnecting
yourself for a day. It
will not kill you.
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