<p>For this texting teen:</p>
<p>[How</a> fast R U? Teen Iowa girl wins US texting title - Yahoo! News](<a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_us/us_texting_championship]How ”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_us/us_texting_championship )</p>
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The nation’s newest texting champion has a message for parents across the land although they might not want to hear it.</p>
<p>“Let your kid text during dinner! Let your kid text during school! It pays off,” 15-year-old Kate Moore said Tuesday after winning the LG U.S. National Texting Championship.</p>
<p>After all, she said: “Your kid could win money and publicity and a phone.”</p>
<p>For the Des Moines, Iowa, teenager, her 14,000 texts-per-month habit reaped its own rewards, landing her the competition prize of $50,000 just eight months after she got her first cell phone.</p>
<p>Moore, with a speedy and accurate performance, beat out 20 other finalists from around the country over two days of challenges such as texting blindfolded and texting while maneuvering through a moving obstacle course.
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<p>Is texting while driving part of the competition? It seems to be very popular these days.</p>
<p>^ That’s against the law here lol.</p>
<p>It is against the law in my state, too, but it does not stop people from doing it. I see many texters during my commute.</p>
<p>I wonder what would college adcoms think about this girl’s award if she lists the $50K prize for texting among her other ECs and awards on her CommonAp?</p>