Goddard, Connie. "H8 @ skul: Cyber World Bullying." The Educational Digest. March 2008. Web. 28 Jan. 2011.
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In the article "H8 @ Skul: Cyber World Bullying," Connie Goddard begins the article describing how in middle and junior high schools, girls are becoming more electronic with their bullying. It has now become “cyberbullying," and has been taken over by girls. They have almost become more cutthroat and meaner than boys. This is because boys are more physical, while girls just attack self esteem. Goddard states that boys do it for hierarchy, while girls do it to "attract male attention." The suspects are usually the more popular girls, and they attack the victim’s looks. Most bullying, stated Goddard, is present in middle school because the body begins to start changing and the children begin to have a growing interest in the opposite sex. Goddard also goes on to state that, "the environment might be encouraging it both directly and indirectly." The internet makes bullying harder to monitor, along with a lot of the other electronics widely used by teenagers. Bullying wasn’t ever a big dead until Daniel Olweus began researching it in the 1970s. Bullying online has become a crazy because it is protected by free speech and most of the bullying is done on home computers. To stop bullying, suspects must be quickly disciplined because otherwise, "teachers and administrators appear to be hypocrites and encourage students’ contempt for authority."
With the bullying problem rising throughout the nation, this article shows insight to many that are blind about the subject. Many parents are clueless what goes on in school, and Goddard provides a peek into the school system. The technological time period we are in has made bullying especially easy for children. Goddard's article now shows parents how bad Facebook can really be. Goddard challenges the reader to realize what is going on. She wants to open eyes about what actually is said on Facebook and what is really said in text messages exchanged between young girls. Bullying today has been stereotyped by males. Many do not think girls are involved, and this article helps others realize how bad of a problem this has become. This article is very culturally significant because of the rising problem of bullying. Recently there was a homosexual student that killed himself because of bullying. This proves how serious the problem has become within the hallways in the schools. Columbine is another great example of what can happen in public schools these days, so this article is a must read for any parent with children in public schools.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Linux Makes It Big
When watching the movie Revolution OS, it is clear that the founders of Linux made the free software because they didn't feel it was fair for users to have to use Windows. It's tough whether or not to tell if it was just for the money aspect rather than the actual passion aspect. One thing that was stated in the film was that they did not expect Linux to be as big as it turned out to be. This shows that they didn't expect Linux to go very far. Once they did get to be popular in the software world, did the founders of Linux make decisions upon greediness?
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The End Of Independence, Starring Google
Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Atlantic Magazine. The Atlantic Monthly Group, July/Aug. 2008. Web. 18 Jan 2011.
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In the article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Nicholas Carr begins by describing how over the past few years he has began to feel like the web has made his attention span dwindle. He uses the example that he can't read any long article or book and stay focused. He also describes how the internet is useful in research and how it has helped him with his career in writing. He uses the argument that the Net has replaced our train of thought, meaning we don't have to deeply think about something because all the answers are a click away after a simple Google search. He also talks about Bruce Friedman who says "even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it." Carr uses this to show that he is not the only one who feels this way. He also describes how the brain is very malleable, even as adults. Frederick Winslow Taylor created a system that made factory work across the world perfect. He timed every single movement to maximize production. The Internet, Carr says, is based on this principle because of its "automated collection, transmission, and manipulation of information." Nicholas Carr is clearly worried the World will "come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence."
Nicholas Carr’s opinion is crucial to the audience because it opens their mind to a very valid point in today’s society. He understands that he himself does the same thing. That is he can’t concentrate on long literature, but instead he has began to read short articles and often scans. To Nicholas, Google and the Internet as a whole is to blame because of the relative ease it proposes with search engines that consists of virtually anything. Nicholas Carr's point of this article is to present the point that has realized the hard way. He wants the reader to realize that Google is slowly taking over everybody’s minds because it has substituted for our brains. This is because the Internet helps us do less work by not having to research in libraries. Carr's point of view is significant because he wants to help America and the World start using their brains instead of Google and the Internet. He wants us to begin reading books, and actually paying attention to what we are reading. Carr has presented this article because of the boom the Internet has taken. Nearly everybody knows how to work the Internet and it's clear Carr is afraid that through time, we will become more dependent on the Internet until we don't use our brain at all. This article can relate to a majority of the World, that is simply what makes it as significant as it is.
Read this article
In the article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Nicholas Carr begins by describing how over the past few years he has began to feel like the web has made his attention span dwindle. He uses the example that he can't read any long article or book and stay focused. He also describes how the internet is useful in research and how it has helped him with his career in writing. He uses the argument that the Net has replaced our train of thought, meaning we don't have to deeply think about something because all the answers are a click away after a simple Google search. He also talks about Bruce Friedman who says "even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it." Carr uses this to show that he is not the only one who feels this way. He also describes how the brain is very malleable, even as adults. Frederick Winslow Taylor created a system that made factory work across the world perfect. He timed every single movement to maximize production. The Internet, Carr says, is based on this principle because of its "automated collection, transmission, and manipulation of information." Nicholas Carr is clearly worried the World will "come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence."
Nicholas Carr’s opinion is crucial to the audience because it opens their mind to a very valid point in today’s society. He understands that he himself does the same thing. That is he can’t concentrate on long literature, but instead he has began to read short articles and often scans. To Nicholas, Google and the Internet as a whole is to blame because of the relative ease it proposes with search engines that consists of virtually anything. Nicholas Carr's point of this article is to present the point that has realized the hard way. He wants the reader to realize that Google is slowly taking over everybody’s minds because it has substituted for our brains. This is because the Internet helps us do less work by not having to research in libraries. Carr's point of view is significant because he wants to help America and the World start using their brains instead of Google and the Internet. He wants us to begin reading books, and actually paying attention to what we are reading. Carr has presented this article because of the boom the Internet has taken. Nearly everybody knows how to work the Internet and it's clear Carr is afraid that through time, we will become more dependent on the Internet until we don't use our brain at all. This article can relate to a majority of the World, that is simply what makes it as significant as it is.
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