[DrPhil]

I give this speech to students every semester. I have only received a couple of term papers over the years that were in "informal type," and only a couple of students who insist on emailing me as though they are texting a buddy.

I agree with christiangirl in that this is less likely to happen at institutions where students can't get away with it from day ONE (but that speaks to the relationship between being taught, socialization, and "common sense"). Also, the "good students" with well-balanced backgrounds aren't usually the ones with this problem. It's the students who have become completely socialized by their Internet and texting generation that have this problem. They have fewer familial, peer, and academic breaks from the Internet/texting so they are never brought back to reality. I mean, seriously, what can we expect if newer families are spending less face time together and parents and kids are texting each other to "rmmber 2 wash dishes n com down n pic up ur dnner."