Texting Test

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Texting Test

• Can you text and listen at the same time?

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Texting Test

• In the next two minutes, text three friends the
  following message.
• I am in my econ class and the professor wants
  us to text our friends to let them know how much
  fun this class is going to be! This guy is
  _______!!

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Start Texting ?

• I am in my econ class and the professor wants us
  to text our friends to let them know how much fun
  this class is going to be! This guy is _______!!

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Facts to RememberFact 1

• The current unemployment rate in the US is 6.2
  percent.

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Fact 2

• By the end of the year, 1.75 billion people in
  the world will have smart phones .
• http//www.emarketer.com/Article/Smartphone-Users-
  Worldwide-Will-Total-175-Billion-2014/1010536

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Fact 3

• Over 100 million American drink coffee daily. The
  average number of cups per drinker is 3.1.
• http//www.statisticbrain.com/coffee-drinking-stat
  istics/

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Fact 4

• 90 percent of college students admit to using
  their cell phones, laptops and other devices for
  recreational purposes during class.
• http//washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/21/study-86
  -percent-of-college-students-text-message-througho
  ut-class/

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Fact 5

• Texting while driving is banned in 44 states. SC
  is one of three states that have no texting ban.
• http//www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_
  laws.html

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Fact 6

• On average girls send 3,952 text per month, while
  boys send 2,815

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Fact 7

• The average American household has over 15,480
  in credit card debt.
• http//www.nerdwallet.com/blog/credit-card-data/av
  erage-credit-card-debt-household/

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Fact 8

• The average American family has 3,800 in savings
  and 35,000 saved for retirement.
• http//www.statisticbrain.com/american-family-fina
  ncial-statistics/

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Fact 9

• 35 percent of students drop out of college in
  their first year, it takes 6 years for 63 percent
  of the enrollees in four year institutions to
  graduate.

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Fact 10

• On average college graduates earn 1.3 million
  more than high school graduates over their life
  time
• http//latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a5
  3ef014e8a6822ac970d-pi

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Fact 11

• Talking on a hand-held cellphone while driving is
  banned in 14 states

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Texting Test

• 1. What is the current unemployment rate in the
  US?
• 2. How many people world -wide have smart phones?
  
• 3. How many Americans drink coffee daily? What is
  the average amount of cups per day?
• 4. What percent of college students use their
  cell phones or electronic devices for
  recreational purposes during class?
• 5. How many states have banned texting while
  driving?
• 6. How many text messages does the average
  teenager send per month?
• 7. How much money does the average American
  household have in credit card debt?
• 8. How much does the average American have saved?
  How much does the Average family have saved for
  retirement?
• 9. What percentage of students drop out of
  college their first year? How long does it take
  for the average student to graduate with an
  undergraduate degree?
• 10. How much more money does a college graduate
  than a high school graduate over a life time?
• Bonus How many states have banned talking on a
  hand held phones while driving?

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Fact 3

• Despite the long-term success that we've enjoyed,
  we have less than 10 percent share of coffee
  consumption in North America. And less than 1
  percent share internationally," Starbucks
  Chairman, President and CEO Howard Schultz told
  CNN Money.
• Even Starbucks faithful customers only purchase 3
  out of ten cups of coffee that they buy from
  Starbucks.

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Answer References

• Texting Test
• What is the current unemployment rate in the US?
  7.6 percent.
• What is the most important issue to American
  voters? The economy
• http//www.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-pro
  blem.aspx
• What percent of the coffee consumption market in
  North America is controlled by Starbucks?
• Despite the long-term success that we've enjoyed,
  we have less than 10 percent share of coffee
  consumption in North America. And less than 1
  percent share internationally," Starbucks
  Chairman, President and CEO Howard Schultz told
  CNN Money.
• Advertising Age also recently pointed out that
  despite Starbucks being the world's largest
  coffeehouse chain with more than 13,000 locations
  in more than 50 countries, even its most devout
  customers purchase only three of every 10 cups of
  coffee they drink from Starbucks.
• How many text messages does the average teenager
  send per month? Girls 3,952 boys 2,815
  http//www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/texting-a
  nd-teens_n_1365650.html
•  
• What percentage of teenagers have smart phones?
  25 percent
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• How many states have banned texting while
  driving? Texting while driving is banned in 41
  states. SC is one of three states that have no
  texting ban.
•  
• How many states have banned hand held phones
  while driving? http//www.iihs.org/laws/maptexting
  bans.aspx
• Talking on a hand-held cellphone while driving is
  banned in 11 states (California, Connecticut,
  Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey,
  New York, Oregon, Washington, and West Virginia)
  and the District of Columbia.
•  
• What percentage of students drop out of college
  their first year? 35 percent, 63 percent of the
  enrollees in four year institutions graduate and
  it takes 6 years. http//www.educationse.com/index
  .php?optioncom_contentviewarticleid1123perce
  nt-of-first-year-college-dropout-students-the-reas
  ons-students-drop-outcatid67collegeItemid279
• Opening a restaurant is difficult. What
  percentage fail in the first year? 26, 60 percent
  in three years. Start up money is about 300,000
  on average
• http//www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-04-16/the
  -restaurant-failure-mythbusinessweek-business-news
  -stock-market-and-financial-advice