Journal #7

Journal #7
Should Schools Regulate Offsite Online Behavior?
Summary: there are two points/sides to this article, which are obviously yes and no. For the woman who is saying yes, she says that there is too much cyber bullying out there and we need to help kids because it causes tensions at school. She reports that a girl in Japan killed another child at school because of what was said to her or posted online about her. She also says that recently schools fights have been traced back to online postings. No for the woman who is against is she says that we are loosing sight of the central term which is “reasonable.” She agrees that online postings are a problem but she doesn’t think the schools need to interfere. She puts it as assisting all students when crossing the street, it’s impossible, we can’t be with them for ever step, there are too many children and it shouldn’t be the schools who regulate these problems when they’re happening at home.
Question #1: How far is too far? How far is too far for schools to go when there are problems with students and online postings? I think that the schools should regulate the online postings and chatting to some degree. But I don’t think they should spend a lot of time on it. Maybe if they had an assembly on cyber bullying and what it can lead to and things of that sort. I think that the only thing schools should be able to do is print out the conversation that was going on between the students and give it to the parents. Inform the parents what’s going on under their roof because more than likely they have no idea.
Question #2: How many hours should students be able to go online daily at home? I know this is the type of question that only parents can regulate, since it can relate to how long should students play video games at home, but I think that we should set some grounds as teachers and if the parents follow them then great. I think they should be monitored while being online. If there is too much cyber bullying going on then they should only be able to go online to play games and for research. Children shouldn’t be starting fights over the internet; they should be outside playing with their friends! They’re growing up too fast and the adults sometimes need to be reminded who wears the pants in the family!