Growing up online

Did not surprise me:

1. Teens can be a different person.
2. Many teens are being disconnected from society and are being more connected to the internet.
3. Some teens create a different person online without their parents knowing.
4. Some teens insult themselves through myspace.
5. Teachers use turnitip a program that detects if students are doing plagerism form the internet.
6. While people are online they tend to be more agressive because nobody knows whos behind the computer.
7. Regarding to #5 in surprised me some kids dont give their passwords to their parents
8. Hearing things many times tend to make it seem as a reality.
9. Criminals are with pseudonyms on the internet.
10. Addiction to the internet is now possible.
11. Girls take nude pictures
12. Kids post videos and pictures of themselves drinking.

Surprised me:

1. Teens play games on the internet and call it parties.
2. There are webpages that teach kids to suicide
3. Also some webpages do an aptitude test and tell you what is the best way to commit suicide.
4. Not so many kids accept a message or request from an online stranger
5. Some parents have the internet so restricted they ask for passwords.
6. out of 7 kids only one is stalked by a sexual predator.
7. A girl after knowing the mistake she made by showing pictures of herself online, goes back to the internet to show pictures.
8. Some parents support their children in the missuse of the internet because they think it is the only way they can express themselves.
9. Some parents do not carae about what their children do on the internet.

Changed about technology:

1. Myspace isnt used anymore.
2. Internet was mostly used socially
3. Computers now have more restrictions.
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