The article talks about the internet and how safe students really are on it. This shows the view that there are more benefits to the internet that outweighs the danger that it could potentially have.
I agree with this article completely. The internet has almost everything on it that is important for school. I also feel that game sites, which are mostly blocked, should be allowed. School may supposed to be educational, but why can students not do what they wish on their free time during a study hall? Our school has virtually everything blocked and even to research stuff, you sometimes can not get on a web site you need. I understand why everything is blocked, but it gets to be a little extreme at times. Youtube doesn’t even work here!
I feel that it is the responsibility of the student to remain safe whether they are at school or online. At the high school level, teens are smart enough to make the right decisions. It is just unfortunate with all the liability issues that kids who need sites to learn are denied to them.
I take many steps to be safe online. Every once in a while you see on the news people being abducted due to myspace or facebook. However, I make sure anything that I have that is personal online is password protected with only people that I know. There are many privacy options that make this easier that everyone should utilize.
Staying safe online is extremely critical. If you talk to people you don’t know, you never know who they really are. On the internet, anybody can be whoever they want to be, not necessarily who they say they are. Is it really worth the risk of danger to yourself or your family? I don’t think so.
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