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The teachers believe that social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter is one of the factors that make school student test scores declined. At least as a description of the results of surveys conducted in the UK travel service provider of education for schools, JCA.

Reported by the Telegraph and quoted on Friday (19/11/2010), seven out of ten teachers in the UK believe their students now getting addicted to Facebook and Twitter. They also complained about the increasing number of students who like to use the language of SMS or chat that does not comply with proper grammar.

Complaints of teachers may be true. Because previous research that states have a lot of social networks affect the academic performance of students. A study even found the fact that exam results Facebook users on average 20 percent lower than those who do not use it.

Based on the findings of separate studies, this is caused because children who spend more time on social networking average difficulty concentrating. While in class, their concentration and sometimes permanently disturbed easily switch attention.

"Rather than wrestle in real-life experiences, educational travel or interact with the manner in person, the children are now more like social networking and habits that helped shape their character," said a spokesman for JCA.

Research involving 500 people found this teacher, the children with the worst value at most schools spend most of their time by playing up and Twitter.