The increasing use of slang language is having a negative impact on society.

Hello, and thanks for posting your argument. Okay, I am going to look at your points and talk about each on its own. 1. It causes lower marks. I think that marks are not everything. Sadly enough the world is a survival of the fittest kind of place. It has always been. If you can't keep up and not get distracted where other people can keep up then sadly you are out. The other person will get a better job and life. If you think this is wrong than that is something for a different argument. Also, if everyone's marks are down it does not effect them. Who is there to choose above them? Saying we should take text language away is silly. Why don't we just take language class away? I mean our marks will be higher and what about the poor people who just suck at language? It won't effect their average then. What you are saying is leaning dangerously close to communism. Unless you want to become communistic, that argument falls flat since we can't take danger away so that everyone will be equal and have good jobs. Like I said, it is survival of the fittest and if everyone sucks then they will still have good jobs and their marks will be considered good. 2.Misunderstandings can develop over not understanding the full meaning and how it is intended to be. Firstly, intended by who? Most languages come from people needing words to call things and then those words were recorded later It is not created by one person. Also, I don't think this is a problem. I mean look at the difference between shakespearean English and today's English. We are pretty sure what things mean. Slowly, everyone catches on. If more people think a word or spelling is right then slowly everyone will believe that. 3.It is causing influent speech and hindrance to the English language, and in future children will grow up believing this is the correct way to talk. Well...how is today's English the correct way? I mean you are being hypocritical. Here you sit talking today's English, but today's English is just slang for shakespearean English. Also, English comes from older languages like Latin. The whole reason why new languages are formed is because people use slang and those slang word and spellings become a whole new language. Look at a very new and small language like Afrikaans from South Africa. It comes from Dutch and other languages brought there by slaves. Are you saying that all Afrikaans people should stop speaking their home language because it is basically shortened versions of words from other languages? Like, I said that is hypocritical since English too comes form other languages unless you are implying that is has been here forever. Now, on to my argument. I believe that we should just let things go its way. If all marks are dropping its no problem. Who are they going to choose above students with low marks then? People will still get jobs. Also, since I know someone might say this. Please don't say,"Well, then American children are behind." I will lose it since this argument has nothing to do with America. According to my opponent all marks all over the world are dropping since she/he never stated otherwise. The world does not consist of America, neither is this website for Americans only. Why else would there be a bar to select your country then? I also believe that today's English is more efficient that shakespearean English by far. That just shows the evolution of language at work. I think language will find its own balance between slang and "proper". It always has and I don't think it will stop. In conclusion, I don't think slang and text language is effecting society negatively. In fact I think it is positive. I don't see any logical reason why we need to hold on to "proper language". We did not in the past and that is why we have today's languages and we are not talking like Romeo and Juliet. So, Thank you for debating with me I appreciate you taking the time to do so.