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Thirteen-year-old Brianna Hendrickson just earned the admiration of parents across the nation (while inspiring countless, "Why can't you be more like . . . " statements), and her exploits had absolutely nothing to do with academic, athletic or artistic achievements. Hendrickson, a Brooklyn native, earned $50,000 by vanquishing all competitors at this year's LG National Texting Championship.The teen toppled eight opponents in the tournament's final round by thumbing an "Old McDonald" verse in 60 seconds. After her victory, a tearful and elated Hendrickson reportedly exclaimed, "I never thought I would win! It's a completely amazing feeling." Her sights have now turned to a charity texting tournament, also sponsored by LG, where she could actually claim another $50,000.
Her initial victory impresses, but -- with a meager 6,000 texts-per-month overall average -- Hendrickson still has some work to do before she joins the Switched Texting
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Subscribe to commentsPamSep 24th 2010 11:42AM
I hope she puts some of that up for her education.
WILLSep 24th 2010 11:49AM
TEST
PamSep 24th 2010 1:12PM
Yea lets "reward" kids for massive texting.....maybe they'll continue to do it while they're driving and end up in a serious accident. I find this type of "contest" VERY distasteful!
indy2vegas99Sep 24th 2010 4:14PM
@(Unverified) I was in the competition this year and for the record LG was promoting communication between kids and their parents this year via texting and last years foundation was against texting while driving. You can make fun of this competition all you want but texting is a part of our everyday lives now and can be a great way for people to stay in touch.
RichSep 24th 2010 12:13PM
Now she can pay her parents back for some of those ridiculously high cell phone bills she racked up with all her texting....
LindaSep 24th 2010 12:54PM
I agree with Unverified on both comments.. I hate to see that bill unless she had unlimited texts. My daughter is 18 and has at least 3500 a month.. and yes.. she is on unlimited!! And I dot hope that they make her put up most of it for college!
Ironchefjay2Sep 24th 2010 12:57PM
Yesterday I was conducting interviews for new employees. Several of them said that "texting" was a job skill!.........would you believe.
And these words of wisdom came from 20 year old somethings who are clueless as to how business in the real world is done.
One even called me and asked if I could do a text interview.....You can guess what my answer was!
Texting might be okay for wet nosed 13 year olds but really people need to get a grip on reality.
CarlSep 24th 2010 1:20PM
Same old Corporate Enterprise gimmick on "How can we SCAM more gullible kids?". LG is exoloiting our already "marginally-educated" teens to bankroll their sales and wallets. And our incompetent high-level educators just continue to sit by and let it happen while SAT scores plummet. Brilliant country we live in, wouldn't you say? What are her school grades like??
cocojejbfjSep 24th 2010 2:04PM
This has got to be one of the dumbest articles! Why would any parent admire a girl, 13 years old, with a texting average of 6,000 texts a month??? Come On, how about putting all that time wasted on texting to improving her education or something that really matters in life? I can't believe any parent would allow their daughter or son to just sit and text all day and nite long. Come on parents, step up and do you job to try to train your children to have life skills that will help them in their future.
DAN THE MAN***Sep 26th 2010 4:18AM
wtf?? a texting championship? you have got to be kidding me... what has this world come to?!?!?!?!?