Amanda Jimenez

Texting

               Texting has changed the world dramatically. Along with e-mail, it has encouraged people to communicate with friends and family often, without coming face to face. Also, texting has made people become way too attached to a materialistic object, the cell phone. In all honesty, I admit that if I don’t have my phone with me, I feel anxious and insecure. I feel like people have to be able to get a hold of me whether it’s an emergency, or not. The fact that we are so fond of texting has become dangerous and risky.

               The world we live in now would probably seem chaotic to the people who lived on this planet one hundred years ago. Nowadays, people use texting for anything, anytime, and anywhere. I see people texting in the following places: in the car, in the bathroom, at restaurants, stores, on the job, and even in meetings. This is an outrageous thing to realize. Has technology truly taken over our minds and bodies? I have to wonder if things will only go from bad to worse.

               The truth is people need to learn there are appropriate and inappropriate times to text. If you decide to text and you know it can endanger others’ lives, affect your career, or causes conflicts with your loved ones, then you know you have a problem. In order to stop this madness from getting any worse, it would probably be wise to stop and think, “Is this text really that important.” If we can ask ourselves this question on a daily basis, we could possibly free ourselves from becoming texting zombies.