Blog 2: Cyberbullying

This article interestde me. I have heard of cyber bullying on the news and other places I can't really remember, but I know it's an issue. I feel that there are going to be bullies almost anywhere, especially in highschool. I can't say I'm surprised there's cyberbullying but I definately think it's ridiculous. I also feel that the person being bullied should have an easier time defending themselves because the Internet is blind. What I mean by that is, you're not face to face with the person. It's not like someone is going to get beat up on the Internet. Also, there's time to think about what you say. Therefore, time for a good comeback for a bully. Alot of times kids who are bullied are scared of the physical aspect of the bully not so much the verbal context of what the bully says. The Internet elimates the physical threat. On the contrary, I saw on the news this story about some girl who posted a blog and then got beat up for it later. Honestly, I don't know a solution to the cyberbullying. This particular subject interests me though, and I wouldn't mind doing some research. I'm sure a lot of parents have done theirs with all the chaos in the cyber world today. I guess I'm so interested in this topic because I plan on becoming a teacher andplan to incorporate technology such as computers in my class and cyberbullying may be an issue when infact I do. I want to be prepared. Personally, I have no experience with being cyberbullied myself but my friend has showed me a few comments some girls left her and we decided it was best to ignore them. If you don't fuel the fire, it will eventually go out.