Growing up Onlie

things that did not surprise me:

1. there is people how create a totally new person on line
2. parents don't even notice
3. there is no rest
4. nobody reads books they use online summaries 
5. people compete to see who has more online friends.
6. people fight by  myspace but they cant say it to your face.
7. people are now much more comfortable with a lot of things. 
8. people have relationships  online and in person they don't even talk.
9. girls that have a total different personality online
10. kids teach parents and teachers about technology.
11. parents realize stoker and that's what they are afraid of.
12. parents don't realize that kids now what to say and what not to say. for example if they ask you your address you know its something you cant say.
13. internet is a listener that wont judge you etc.
14. when parents  tell other parents about some events the kids just feel betrayed and they stop trusting their parents.
15. there is a lot of cyber bulling that can get really serious.

Things that did surprise me:

1. before I didn't realize that it starts with little kids that are on things like club penguin 
2. theirs people who even if they are not connected they still have to be in their computer
3. people have to be connected all the time so they even find ways to avoid there parents prevention ( when parents are trying to track them)
4. they use turn it in to make sure students don't use online summaries. 
5. teachers realize and they are already tired of it they say its not the learning environment they went in to.
6. a girl was "famous" online and her parents didn't even now.
7. people who have a different personality online feel there online personality is much better than the real one.
8. parents have communities to see what their kids are doing online.
9. parents ask for password of their kids to see their personal life on things like facebook, myspace...
10. kids realize that they live two lives and online they are more them selves than on person.
11. parents don't know about anything that some girls do or have like eating disorders kids create a story to tell them. it surprises me how they don't even notice.
12. parents don't try to help them instead they humiliate them
13. some kids are so "addicted" that if they cant use it at home they will go to friends house or cafes etc.
14. parents teach their kids kids to fight instead of telling them to resolve their problems with words etc.
15. girls just play with boys online telling them they like them etc. and then they just say they were kidding.
16. there is a website that asks you about yourself and then tells you the best way to suicide. 

how it has changed:

1. now there is more social media.
2. myspace is not so used because now there is other pages.
3. i think now there are more ways in which parents can control what there kids are doing online. 
4. now a lot of classes have technology in them
5. more parents are aware
6. more people around the world realize what is going on.
7. i also think that now kids are more aware of the things that can be on the internet.
8. teachers now instead of not liking the internet they support it.
9. if you need to use your computer you now use laptops instead of  a whole computer.
10. now they are more predators than before.
11. now parents use the excuse that computers are the cause of all the bad decisions their child make.
12. also now even though people now tyhe bad things of the internet they can see all the advanteges it has.
13. parents now also use internet.
14. msn is not so used anymore
15. people accept more the internet now and kids are more aware of the conseuqences that it can bring so they are more careful

Questions

1. im not really as drastic as the people in the video. I dont go so much into face book or other online networks. The only thing that I could kind of relate to was not getting a break from technology specially my phone. for example when i go on vacations i dont really like not being able to use my phone because i like being connected to my friends and knowing whats going on back home. even if this does happen to me I am not naerlly as drastic as other people i dont like not having my phone but i can live with it. 
2. the topic that was the most unlike to my own experience was cyber bulling or sending pictures of myself naked. i would never send a picture of myself naked to anyone no matter what they are saying they can do if i don't do it. i would never do this because i think this is not respecting yourself and your values. also i couldn't relate with cyber bulling because i have never been cyber bullied before. i have heard of stories of people e who are cyber bullied but it has never happened to me personally.
3. my biggest benefits of the internet is that yopu can be in contact with everyone all the time. in my personal experience this is something very good. i have two sisters and one brother and thanks to the internet i can talk to them everyday. i think that this help when you have loved one who dont live with you because even if they are not in the same country or city you can still be in touch with them and talk to them as if they were eith you.