Professor says teens’ social media lingo hurts writing skills
ORLANDO, Fla. (MCT) — Shelby Hill, a Howard Middle School student from Orlando, sits in a writing camp sharing her ideas about a character she created for a zombie script.
Shelby, an eloquent 13-year-old blogger, is an avid user of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. She also considers herself an “out of control” text-message whiz but doesn’t think any of that interferes with her formal writing skills.
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