Randy Hearst, a sophomore attending Desert Ridge blames SMS texting for receiving a failing grade on his latest history test. SMS Answering Services, such as ChaCha and KGB, has been on the rise through viral advertising with teenagers as having the ability to answer any question any time.
"I use them every week to finish up my homework, but I did horribly on my final test last Thursday. I failed the class because of them!" Heart, 15, states emphatically while grounded in his room for the next week. "Its cutting into my skateboarding time. It's summer, man!"
Parents regard SMS texting as a serious threat to their children's education. George Hearst, Randy's father, noticed his son slacking off for half of the semester, noting he never used his books anymore. "But his grades were so good." he stated with a baffled look. "How could they not have foreseen this? Aren't KGB Nazis? Why is my son texting Nazis?"
George is not the only parent baffled. Other parents have been reported to be confused as to their child's sudden knowledge. Discussions on Crosswalk.com forums have lately been centered around this irresponsible knowledge.
"I just found out my son knows that condoms not only protects against pregnancy, but STIs. How does he know what a condom is? And what are STIs?"
Not since Google's efficient nature has any available search engine upset parents so badly. Not only are parents concerned about this form of 'knowledge at your fingertips', but offended that the companies are not censoring their content to the underage.
'Who is going to monitor the youth of today?' is the outcry by other parenting forums, easily topping the last popular thread, 'My kid is cutting himself because he listen to rap'.
ChaCha has not responded officially to our questions, except 'Mr. Ed thinks that sounds kinda horsey. But ChaCha is cheering you on!'
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