Exoparadapsyphobia

I think just learning how to type faster would help a lot too. Most kids use 1337 speak becuase they don't want to take the ten extra seconds it would to find the E key. I can type over 60wpm so there is no need for me to use shortened forms of words, if everyone took typing classes in school and stuck with them I'm sure this problem would be fixed. I took a typing class in the 4th grade and I was typing perfectly within two weeks with about an hour of practice every other day. If a retarded 4th grader could do it, anyone can.

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Barronmore

I find this so funny.

Why blame MSN? It's just a vehicle. Besides, remove MSN and you'll just have a migration over to other chat protocols.

I do find it funny though that so many of you are saying that it's the parents/teachers fault that kids are using 'textspeek' in reports. Has is occured to any of you that the reason these kids are failing is BECAUSE the teacher does not approve of 'textspeek' and is trying to tell the child that proper gramer is the only accpetable way of writing the report! The teacher is doing their job!

Trust me, I teach high school and college students all the time. I CAN'T do their homework for them, as much as they would like me to try. I can sit down with them and help them with their work. I can go over tests with them the failed before they try to retake it and score better. I can give advice all day long until I'm blue in the face...but I can't do it for them.

What more do you fellows want the teacher to do? They give them a poor grade. That's really the only recourse the teacher has. We can assign more homework hoping the student will finaly learn it or we can give them a poor/failing grade. After that, the student is responcible for doing better.

These parents need to grow up. Getting a poor grade on a report is not the end of the world. But getting a wake up call about the use of proper grammer is something these kids really need. Banning MSN won't solve the problem. Educating children by consequeces will.

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gigi2005

I think banning MSN isnt a salution there is always an other chat page on the web, and chat pages arent they only thing where shortcuts are used there also used in online games and on sms.
Bud if kids cant tel the difrence between there homework and MSN then there is a probleme and somthing needs to be done about it, bud the question is what?

blue_rebel

If there weren't guns people would still wage war anyway, using sticks and spears and catapults, and whatever else they used to fight with before the guns were invented.

I too do not think it is right to blame MSN for falling grades and bad spelling... really, did the creators of MSN encourage users to use short-forms? People who use short-forms in formal essays just aren't using their heads. No one's grading you when you IM, so go ahead and abbreviate all you want (I don't, by the way - I usually only use "btw" and "gtg"). But bringing IM-speak into the exam hall with you is plain stupid. This act of blaming IM services is obviously some form of escapism on the parents' part. MSN authorities can just sit back in their chairs and tell them how blooming stupid they are for not having taught their kids better.

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rock on

look just becasue some people are making stupid decisions doesnt mean every one eles should deal with the problems. Yes bad things happen on there but if you used your brain you would know what is to much. even if msn got band there are other sites like it

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exderz

using guns to fight in war, that is the most cheapest way. i don't mind using knifes to fight in a war like the old fashion. back to the topic...and what happen if the parents aren't home how are they going to teach the kids, and by the way if the kid turn 10 and up they should make a decisions them selfs, they don't need their parents to spoon them anymore, not saying is msns fault, but my opinion is that kids should stop using short forms now, and start learning how to type in a proper grammar. by the way 95 percent of the people doesn't like to listen to their parents anymore when they turn to teenager.

!10~TeSTaMeNtS

is this true?!?!well...i think we should ban MSN...because if it is for the sake of others then they should do it...book reports arent supposed to be turned into text messages...i mean why dont you just use a cellphone instead of a paper etc. ...

Sazzy

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