1. in contrast to what many older generations believe about texting, discuss mcwhorter's views on the subject. what does he think and why?

2. describe the similarities mcwhorter draws between speaking and texting.

3. explain how "lol" has evolved over the years.

4. discuss mcwhorter's purpose for drawing a connection between various individuals from various points in time (i. e. the professor, a schoolteacher, the president of harvard, a superintendent and a poor man, among others).

5. what is the last thing mcwhorter says he would want to know if he had the ability to go into the future? what would he do with this knowledge?

Excerpt from saving the thrift store: a dramalee washington2rosa: eddie, i don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. when did you get it? 3louis: it doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4eddie: well, i’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (louis playfully aims a soccer ball at eddie. rosa deflects it.)5rosa: what i was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (louis wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. he leafs through it while eddie and rosa talk.) in line 5, which point is rosa making when she says eddie’s shirt looks good? a) the store must have new merchandise. b) rosa is jealous of eddie’s new shirt. c) eddie must have done his own laundry. d) eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.