One third of all teenagers send over 100 text messages per day is a startling bit of information.  The survey discussed here states the aforementioned and that teenage text messaging has risen sharply in recent years, with little to no explanation to the trend being evident.  If this is true, I can only wonder what this means to traditional means of communication.  Will there be someday be a society that no longer uses grammar and punctuation?  Will the art of typing on a QWERTY keyboard die?

Wondering about the accuracy of the results, I decided to conduct my own survey of the teenagers in my presence at the time.  There were 16 total, 15 boys and one girl.  They were asked to think about how may text messages they send per day, and then raise their hand if the number they sent fell in a certain range.  The results are below:

Text Messages Sent Per Day (16 Participants)

•    100 or more:  4 (25 %)
•    75 – 100:  4 (25 %)
•    50 – 75:  2 (12.5 %)
•    25 – 50:  1 (6.25 %)
•    1 – 25:  1 (6.25 %)
•    None:  4 (25 %)

Is this astonishing or the new norm?  Hit the comments below and let us know your thoughts.

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