A Blob of a Blog

Text Messaging Articles: Each article made a clear point on texting. I disagreed most with the article which explained how texting was a regression for our culture. The author tried to make a point about thee loop that cellphones are taking now that society is incorporating QWERTY keyboards into them and how that will lead back to just using email as our primary source of communication. As a different article pointed out, only 40% of American's with cellphones use them to send texts, the trend is only headed up. The third article was an experiment. Whether you're using emails or texts or, more commonly, instant messages the majority of people use emoticons. Personally that is how people know when i am angry, when my sentences don't pop up with a billion different smileys. =) =p ;) =O >=D =* Aside from drawing personal experiences scholarly articles have more than just theorized information. They support a view with facts. 

As I read an article about surgeons the clinic took their own side. Clearly they believe that they are doing their best to help train people into helping others through surgical procedures. They fail to mention the side effects of going under the knife. Not only is there a potential for infection but anything could go wrong and result in death, anesthesia is a whole other topic too. It could kill you just like the doctor. There are no percentages dealing with the patients in terms of recovery, survival, or permanent brain damage. All three side effects are potential problems which are cause by mistakes frequently. They cannot say that they are training good surgeons when the surgeon's statistics aren't shown. Although those statistics aren't shown there are other numbers being compiled about the growth of patients and in which fields (reconstructive, cosmetic, etc.) making it a scholarly article.