x__Yun.Jee
I find that most literate people are adults .. around 20 years old. I'm a 7th grader, which means I'm 11 .. turning 12 next month. 3nodding
I'm not being a stereotype, because I didn't say ALL literate people are adults. I just find that most are. Why is that?
Well, if I had to take a guess, I'd say that it's because alot of younger people just find it more convenient to shorten their messages through txt tlk, or they are still in a mind-set that makes them believe it's the "in" thing to do while online.
To me, it signifies a lack of patience due to young age. It's not that all young people lack patience, but it is fairly easy to tell that patience is something that most, not all but most, people aqquire more of with age.
When I was about 12 or so, I know that I did not have very much patience at all.
I was a txt tlker for a long time because I just didn't want to go to the hassle of typing out more grammatically correct words in their entirety, because I felt like it wasen't worth the slow-down it caused in my typing speed. I guess I started caring about it once I began making my own stories online. Simply by browsing around a few places on different sites, I quickly learned that few, if any, people ever take the time to read a txt tlk-written story, so since I didn't want my stories to go unread, I simply taught myself patience for the sake of my passion.^_^
