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Teens Text Daily in Class, Study Reveals


We've seen endless studies on teens and their cell phone habits, and one conclusion can be drawn from all of the surveys. The iGeneration kids aren't going to stop texting. The most recent investigation into teen texting, conducted by Joel Benenson of Common Sense Media, revealed that teens send 25-percent of their total text messages while killing time in class. (Whatever happened to doodling and daydreaming?)

The pollsters broke the numbers down and found that students send 110 texts a week during class time, which equates to over three texts per class. The study also determined that half of all students have used their phones to either store notes they can consult during a test, or to text a friend for a test answer. Only half of all the students polled believe this phone cheating to be a "serious offense."

Perhaps what's missing is some teacher and parent interaction. Sixty-five-percent of students admit using their phones during school, while 77-percent of parents believe their innocent little babies study cell phone-free. We're not sure of how else to address this issue, as a majority of schools have already banned the use of cell phones. The actions of one Canadian principal, who used a jamming device to disable his students' phones, definitely don't seem so extreme now, though. [From: USA Today]

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