Worlds Fastest Text Messager

A sixteen year old kid from Singapore broke the world record for the fastest typed text message ever. He put out 160 characters in less than 42 seconds. I think this is great because it's validating text messaging as a meaningful medium for communication. I remember when I was in middle school, the teachers made a huge deal about being able to type 60 words a minute, or 30 or something like that. They promised us that if we weren't able to, then we wouldn't graduate and we'd be a failure in life. Well, fortunately I never took the class. I used computers so much, that I eventually taught myself how to type rapidly.
SO... what if future generations have to prove to their teachers that they can send text messages rapidly to graduate? Why not?
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