OTOH,texting has its downside, too, and perhaps it's these problems that create all the interest. Texters gripe that they are getting more spam texts than ever before. Teachers complain that students'test scores are getting worse becuse teens spend more time texting than they should. Some also say that texting encourages bad grammar and punctuation and IMO, that's true. Students don'trealize they shouldn't write thir essay in "textese," and they get low grades as a result. Many young people are sleeping less because they wake up in the night every time a text pops up on their phone. Others have injuries to their hands and thumbs from the constant texting.