After reading the chapter "My So Called Blog", it is important to allow middle school aged children to
express themselves by writing on the internet without their parents monitoring them. By letting children express their feelings it helps them become more independent and allows them to
mature on their own. It is most important as a teen to share your feelings and emotions with your close personell. During this time period in a person's life it is the most difficult. People are often undergoing very emotional and physical changes, being able to talk to friends
openly is very important. It is good for children this age to widely spread and share their stories with anyone. It is a good opportunity for them to compare and contrast their feelings or experiences with someone else. There is also the question of why they wouldn't want their stories to be personal and secretive by having their
private diary? Why do they want to share their stories and opinions with everyone else??? While reading this chapter it caught my eye where EmilyNussbaum says:"Peer into an online journal, and you find the operatic
texture of teenage life with its fits of romantic misery,
quick-change moods and sardonic inside jokes. Gossip
spreads like poison. Diary writers compete for attenti-
on, then fret when they get it."(Kline and Burnstein 351)
This is a way for people to interact with one another and express their true inner-self. This gives them more self-confidence and allows them to feel more secure about themselves. It allows them to be more social and make more friends. It improves their independence level at a faster rate, say by allowing them to make plans with friends on their own. It is a very sufficient way to increase people's mental and technological skills. It prepares them for the real world, and that might be what parents are afraid of...
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Is this HW 7?
I understand how most of what you say supports your position against complete monitoring of middle-school children, and I think you make a pretty good argument. I'm a little less clear in the section, "There is also the question..." It seems that you're arguing the other side here.
Don't forget to spellcheck, and it's good form to give all the information a reader needs to know what text you're discussing. For instance:
After reading the interview with Emily Nussbaum, "My So-Called Blog" (Kline and Burstein 349-261), I think it is imporant...
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