Texting Can Cause Problems!

Text messaging is one of the most popular communication methods in the world. Texting has become more popular than ever, and this trend will be increasing even more in the feature. Young people are more into texting and there must be some reasons for it. I ask some people around why you would prefer to text than call? And I got very similar answers. The main reason is because texting is cheaper than call, as different carriers such as Sprint and Version offer much affordable text plan rather than call plans. Another reason that people prefer to text is that not everyone can pick up their phones all the time. For instance, people who are busy with their work they may not be able to answer the phone calls during working hours, but they can check their massages whenever they get chance.

           These days cellphone’s companies come up with free way of texting, For example, IMessage for IPhone. This even encourages people to text even more than past, which leads to some problems. Small text and bright screens can strain mobile phone users’ eyes. Since cellphones are designed to reed at close range, user eyes must constantly focus to the screen but people usually read some parts of the text and go off the screen and come back to read the rest which is harmful for human vision. According to Business News Daily, Americans spend 23 hours per week using their phones for texting. As these numbers arise, we should expect more people to have eyestrain. Symptoms of eyestrain include eye redness or irritation, dry eyes, blurred vision, back pain, neck pain, and headaches.

           There are some ways to prevent eyestrain.  First you can enlarge the font of the messages. Second, you should give your eyes a short break time. When you are texting for a long time, it is good to have a break that you can close your eyes and move your eyes from side to other side. Researches show that even a really short time break during texting for a long time can help your eyes to relax and recover.” Device users are also advised to take breaks from looking at the screen, and follow the “20-20-20” rule: Take a 20-second break every 20 minutes using an electronic device and look at something 20 feet away.” (Southuniversity).

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“Put that cell phone away!” I hear that phrase a lot in class. Cell phone is the main cause of distraction in class. During a lesson, students who use cell phone in class will get distracted and also they waste their time instead of understanding the lesson. I know it sound like old fashion, but it is a fact my friend. We love our phones; I spend hours everyday with my phone. These days life without cellphones is hard to imagine. Imagine there is car accident. You stock in the car, and you cant open the door. There are no one too help you. What you would do? Would you call 911?  This piece of technology makes life easier and safer. Base on my survey responses people use their phones several times the day for different purposes. We should accept that we need cellphones, but we have to be aware of disadvantages of it.

Cell phones are playing a huge role in destroying how people talk face-to-face, our relationships, and our social skills. Teens are the biggest user of cell phones, texting, and technology. According to Wikipedia, Ninety-one percent of Americans ages 18 and over own cell phone. Texting has taken over everyone’s communication process, and over the years our teenagers have become more and more addicted to the technology. It has got to a point that it has caused our teenagers to have severe depression and hard time communicating with their peers. I feel like we all need to bring down the percentage of using our modern technology and stop allowing the computers to decide for us when we have a built in computer in our body.

People put themselves in dangerous situation while we are having our phone and texting. The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows “69% of drivers in the United States ages 18-64 had talked on their cell phone while driving within the 30 days before they were surveyed”. Researches show that drivers with lower age are more likely to text and drive. I know many people who involving accident while they were texting. I think that we can prevent these accidents if we put our phones away when we are driving.