Response to “I think, therefore IM” by

Jennifer lee, author of “I think, therefore IM”, discusses the effect of conversational style of internet instant messaging on students’ formal writing and the effect it has on teachers. The interesting about this subject is that it is a real issue spreading among students which is causing problems in the students’ education. In fact, the author emphasizes on the negative effect that is generated from this informal writing on to students work and teachers. The fact that Jennifer lee was a reporter covering the metropolitan desk and cultural affairs may explain her interest in this subject and may excite us to read her opinion on the matter because she will discuss it in details and point out what is happening with our modern teenage society. At Viking middle school in Guernee, teachers like Ms. Harding are experiencing that problem: students are using informal language in their works which is causing students to lose touch with the appropriate way of writing thus being penalized by their teachers. We see , also, this kind of writing all over the schools like in Mont Clair high school New jersey where students’ like Eve Brecker are developing bad habits in writing. Teacher, as noted in the text, are being stunned by this new writing among teenagers which increasingly spreading: “At Houlton Southside School in Houlton, main” (l-17), “at the Massachusetts institute of technology (l-19). Jennifer lee noted, in addition, that “some teachers see the creeping abbreviations as part of continuing assault of technology on formal writing” (l-20) which shows the effect of technology on students’ and thus on their writing. Teachers’, on another hand, are trying to fix the problem but as students are saying it has become a habit or it has become their culture, but other teachers’ are trying to incorporate this new way of writing in their teaching by explaining the