- Self-Disclosure- Sharing private, sensitive, or confidential information about yourself to others. For example, where you live, what school you go to, even your birthday.
- Reciprocate- To give in return. An example of this is sending a reply to your friends text.
- Sexting- Sending or receiving sexually explicit photos or videos. Most people know that sending a nude photo to someone is sexting, but not many know that even receiving is considered sexting. Also, if the sender is under the age of 18, it is considered child pornography, and the receiver can go to jail.
Sexting, as I said before, is a sensitive subject among teens. Many teens are guilty of sexting, and many more are guilty of receiving these explicit texts. In class we made a chart of ways to avoid sexting. One reason was to stand up for what is right. You know that you shouldn't do it, so stand up for what you think is right and wrong.
Another way to avoid it is to just not do it! If you don't do it, then you have nothing to worry about. Now if you do, you have a lot of things you have to worry about. Like whoever you sent it to sending it on to other people. Several teens have encountered that problem.
A teenage girl had sent a nude photo to her ex-boyfriend. He said that if she did, he would get back together with her. She sent the picture, and so did he, to several other students at that high school. Who then sent it on to more, and more students. Some that attended other high schools, or were not even high school students.
Every day at school, the other students called her names, and bullied her. She endured that bullying up to graduation. After she graduated, she thought that it would end and she go on living her life. She was sadly mistaken. Everywhere she went, she was mocked, and slandered. She had decided that she had had enough. When her mother went out, she told her she loved her, and her mother replied the same.
When her mother returned home, she went into her daughter's room and found her hanging in her closet. She had committed suicide. That is how one photo can turn into a nightmare. This is a true story, but I will not reveal names.
That is why sexting is so serious, but some people seem to think of it as nothing. It isn't nothing; it is serious and should not be taken part in.
Moving on, the new tool we used in class is a comic creator called Make Beliefs Comix. It is a really cool website where you can make you own comics. The only downside is that the maximum number of panels you can have is four, but it is still cool.
Here are the two comics that I made:
Stand up for what is right
Digital Communication
This week we also did more with the Digital Drivers License (Sometimes referred to as DDL). We learned about how technology can affect your health. For example, your posture. While on the computer, be aware of your posture. Try not the slump over in your chair, sit up straight. Also, don't stay in the same position for too long, you can only withhold one position for so long. Try to do some stretches, or just move around whenever you can.
I am really glad for that information. I tend to be slumped in my chair, too close to the screen. I also stay in that position for a long period of time. It isn't good for your back. I'm going to try to change positions more often.
Overall, my week has been good, I didn't really enjoy the tests and quizzes, but I think I'll live. We got word that are building is almost completely finished. When I was coming into the school, I saw a furniture truck, that's a good sign!!!
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