By: Ms. G

Ms. G
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:55:13 +0000

Ms. Grant,
I teach middle school and this “social media fixation” is prevalent at the middle school level. As you can see by the lack of responses to your article, that there is some truth to what you have written. No one reads more than 149 characters! Most of the students at the school I teach at come from poverty, however, there are many Iphone, Android, Smartphone and other high-priced technological accoutrements. The most disheartening effect of this Facebook, Instgram, Twitter-feed generation, is the lack of an academic regimen; no one wants to read and/or write; no one wants to do any critical thinking; no one writes; and most of all, vocabularies consist of low-level one-syllable words. The social media frenzy has run amok, even at the middle school level. If your column was on the OSU football team, you would have numerous responses. Thank you for shining some light on the issue.

BTW, when I have family events at my home, I have a bag that everyone drops their electronic gadget in so we can have a non-media conversation.