"Welcome to the age of the acronyms. It dawned in the late 1990s as Internet users began flocking to message boards... It has evolved into a spoken language among young teens and middle school students, who use acronyms to speak to their friends in shorthand..."The trend seems to be almost exclusive to middle school students. Many high school students (especially juniors and seniors) claim that they're "so over" the acronyms and only use them to be sarcastic. Read more at HonoluluAdvertiser.com.
Labels: communication, tweens, middle_school
Posted By: Aspen Education Group