What I find odd is that most of the kids profiled have really good grades. I mean, Vishal's friend has straight A's (even though he wishes to do better on SATs)

What I find odd is that most of the kids profiled have really good grades. I mean, Vishal's friend has straight A's (even though he wishes to do better on SATs) and yet he's on facebook all the time? And, Allison the texter has only 3 B's on her report card? And, the main character study, Vishal, won't finish his Summer take-home book, but he'll slave away for two hours perfecting a few seconds of his demo reel for college? That's not being lazy or digitally distracted; to me, it's academic arbitrage. And, he's still making A's and B's. What's more, if that article is at all correct, Vishal was taking AP courses _in his junior year_. In my day (yes, back when we trudged up hill in 10 feet of snow to and from school) AP was only for seniors. These kids are way ahead of the game. I'd venture a guess and say they aren't really representative of most kids. Take this article out of silicon valley and put it smack dab in the middle of the US fruited plains to see how digitally distracted the mainstream youth has become and if it really does a detriment.