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[WarBlade]

I believe this is the same phenomenon that's been worrying schoolteachers across America for a few years now.

*nods*

I saw an item on the news a few nights ago talking about another side effect than the spelling/grammar issue you mentioned. The camera was going over sme text written by a 9 year old and it looked like the kinda of scribble I was writing at age 6 or 7. Same again, they displayed something from a 12 year old, while they claimed it was comparable to a 9 year old's script.

Some time last year I saw another news item or article about the physical adaptation of today's youth. Studies had found that the thumb was fast replacing the forefinger as the primary manipulator on the hand because of text messaging. The thumbs of the average 18 year old are becoming incredibly dextrous.