Friday, September 6, 2013

Writing Prompt

Getting on the internet, nowadays, is part of everyday life. It has become close to impossible to complete tasks without using a computer for one thing or another. At school it can be very difficult to get the things that you need done when everything that can be leading to something bad is blocked. That’s why I think that the school should not block access to certain websites.
While some people may say that blocking “inappropriate” things on the internet stops us from seeing things that some people would say are too advanced for our eyes. But what has never been clear to me is why the teachers stress the fact that we’re in High School and need to act mature when discussing things like sex and body parts in health class but they don’t think we’re mature enough to allow us more freedom on the internet.
Although there are some sites that should, by all means, be blocked, the administration should make less and less sites to be blocked as the age of the students in that particular school gets older. Like, for example, the kids in the elementary school should have most things blocked, and as you get to the middle school, things can get unblocked. In the higher levels of school, homework gets more and more difficult, causing us to have to get information that we can get quickly and have it still be accurate. But it’s hard to do that when you have to find a site that is not blocked to find the right information.
Throughout school, we are supposed to be being shaped into “responsible young adults” but how can we do that when we’re not being trusted to make the right decisions. Part of growing up is to make mistakes and learn from them, but instead they expect us to just cruise through school being told specifically what we can and cannot do when they should be giving us responsibilities that will make us better adults like trusting us to stay away from the bad sites.
I wholeheartedly believe that the school should not block certain web sites. It causes trouble for students trying to get information for projects and papers and it doesn’t give us enough freedom. Technology is too important for getting tasks done to have everything blocked.


Wednesday, September 4, 2013

First post

I have used Blogger before. The only time I have ever used it is in this class because none of my other classes have even given me the option to use one. Even though this is the only class I have used it in, I know how to do everything because I've been in this class so many times. I just love using it in this class.