Texting

Technology has grown and changed rapidly within the past five years. One of the major changes have been with cell phones, you can do anything on them. The one thing that has stayed the same is the texting. Even back when people used pagers to communicate, that to me was the first form of texting. For those who don’t know about pagers, you would call a pager number then leave a message using numbers. Some examples were 911 meaning emergency or 143 meaning I love you, then you would leave your number for that person to call you. It sounds weird but in junior high those were cool. Although texting has been around for a while it has not had the same affect on people’s lives as it does now.

            If you look at texting now it’s the same concept, the only thing is that we can now send actual messages back and forth instead of using numbers or codes only. If you look around campus or even the grocery store you will see at least ten or more people texting. It has gotten so crazy that we have laws that tell us not to text and drive. The fact that people can’t tear themselves away from texting for the amount of time that there driving says a lot. Most people can’t live without texting, or even last a day without it. If you really want to know how dependent you or your friends and family are on texting, try going one day without using it. How long do you think you’ll last?