Reading and Writing Habits of Teenagers

Teenagers are using their phones or computers to constantly connect to the internet. They’re always on a social media site reading about the next cool trend amongst their age group. This has alarmed parents and had them convinced that their children have been wasting their time on the internet. Additionally, the wide spread use of the internet amongst teens has produced a belief that teenagers don’t read or write at all. There are many examples about the damages social media does to this generation, but most articles haven’t considered looking at the benefits of the internet’s massive use. In the article “What’s the Matter with Kids Today,” Amy Goldwasser talks about this generation’s reading and writing habits. She supports the use of the internet and the amount of texting teenagers do today. Focusing on the pros, she brings up some interesting points about how people interpret the habits that teenagers have. This generation does more reading and writing than ever before. As Goldwasser states in the article, there are 3 important points that are significance about teenager’s habits. There are alternative types of texts teenagers use to read and write, this also contributes to how teenagers involuntary read and write more, and become improved textual analyzers.
Teens have another form of reading; this form is not as transparent when it is compared to the obvious. All the texting and blogging is a teen’s form of reading and writing. Not everyone can sit down and read Shakespeare for pleasure and understand it. Blogging is a form of reading and writing in its own way, and teens have taken a liking to the social media. Goldwasser states, “Constantly amending their profiles on social network sites — which, on average, 30 of their frie...

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Thus we can see that the habits they have aren’t as bad when broken down and analyzed. The way Goldwasser explains it and gives example of all the habits and skills that are beneficial to teens are most helpful. It makes people look at all the habits in a different perspective and allows us to see some of the benefits ourselves. Teenagers do read and write more than their parents give them credit for. Teens take reading and writing to a different level, by connecting their interests and fusing them together with activates that they do on a daily basis. Now, can the almighty question be answered, “What’s the matter with kids today?” Nothing, actually. Just a change on how everyone interprets habits that kids have today.

Works Cited

Goldwasser, Amy. "What’s the Matter with Kids Today?" Saloncom RSS. Saloncom RSS,
14 Mar. 2008. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.