I- True or false? Support your answer by quoting from the text.
a) False. "The Finns may be more diligent about preparing their kids for the future... parents see a mobile phone as a 'key to the information society'."
b) False. "But they do seem to do it with an unusual degree of conviction about what’s going to be important—one big reason that they buy their teenagers mobile phones and foot the monthly bills about 40 dollars."
c) True. "When Norman A Physical Education teacher tells her students that they’re allowed to get their phones out one spring day, they all proudly do so."
d) False. "Most of these fairly well-off kids have computers at home, and enjoy visiting chat houses. But like other Finnish teens, they prefer the relatively cumbersome e-mail capability available on their phones."
e) True. "Eija-Iisa Kasesniemi, who ran the Information Society Research Center study, says the students have their own vocabulary here, too. Is mobile-text-messaging just for kids?"
II- Explain.
a) Finnish parents consider it important because they see a mobile phone as a “key to the information society,” believing it prepares their children for the future.
b) Sometimes teenagers would rather not have them because of the “inconvenience of a telephone keypad” and the “thrill of gossiping, flirting or just bombarding each other with smiley faces,” which can be done more easily via other means like paper notes or last-minute electronic cards.
c) Students are allowed to use their mobiles in class only occasionally, such as when a teacher permits it on a specific day, like “one spring day,” and even then, they primarily use them for non-communication purposes like playing games.
d) They use their e-mail for chatting, sending messages, and socializing, as indicated by their enjoyment of “visiting chat houses” and using the “cumbersome e-mail capability available on their phones.”
e) When sending messages through e-mail, they use their own unique vocabulary, which includes elements like “smiley faces” and possibly abbreviated or informal language suited to mobile texting.
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