"Girl you gon think I Invented..."

Nearly 1 in 3 older teens gets ‘sexting’ messages

...SEXTING!  No, "not I," said the dog!  What happen to the days of passing a note with the boxes...do you like me?  Check YES, NO, MAYBE.  Gone are the days of "Hide and Go Get It," one of my favorite neighborhood games (shout out to East 22nd St.).

The new thing is texting, which is cool although a little impersonable.  But the new generation had to take it a step further with SEXTING.  In fact, a study says that 6 percent of those as young as 12 have received a racy text.  Thirty percent of 17-year-olds who have cell phones say they have received "sexting" photos or video messages, according to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Eight percent of 17-year-olds say they have sent such sexually suggestive images. Among teens ages 12 to 17 years old, 15 percent say they have received nude or nearly nude images of someone they know via text messaging on their cell phones, while 4 percent say they have sent such photos. Among 12- and 13-year olds, 6 percent say they have received "sext messages."

Thus far, sexting has sparked national debates because of legal, emotional, and moral issues after a 13 year old Florida girl committed suicide after she used a cell phone to send  a topless photo of herself to a boy she liked who then shared it with those at schools and a neaby high school.

Electronic devices such as cell phones, ipods, mp3's and host of others should not exist on a middle or high school campus.  You shouldn't have to call your 8 year old on a cell phone to say where are you?  Here is a perfect reason why cell phones should be illegal on a high school campus until the final bell rings.  See 8 second video below!  You tube should be wrong for allowing video's like this other one to be posted as well.  Reach one, teach one...we have to start now.