The main idea in this book is to watch what you do online because it can affect you in the long run. As teens we make mistakes so we can later learn from them, but the ones online could be the worst you will ever make in your life.
“The idea of a “permanent record” used to be a myth used by school teaches to scare children into behaving, lest their bad deeds be written down in some alleged file that would haunt them forever. Now though, for better or worse, the permanent record is real, and has arrived in the form of the Internet” (2). What the author is basically saying is after you post on the internet it stays forever regardless of the delete button. For example you can search your Instagram username and sometimes find a picture you deleted a while ago on Google images. This means job employers, schools officials, or spouses could …show more content…
But with the internet, now such rumors can be displayed online indefinitely” (23). I feel that this relates to the topic because it is another example of how what you put on the internet can affect someone forever. At school you notice that usually rumors and gossip about a person does not stay around for long, but if it has been posted online it takes one person to bring the situation back up again. It does not matter if the rumor is positive or negative or if it is correct or incorrect it is now on a “permanent record”. Cyber bullying is one of the main issues Iverson addresses in his book. When someone is being bullied online unless they take the initiative to delete or get help it is hard to escape the content. I recently read the story of Amanda Todd a girl who took her life after being bullied online and noticed that the memes of her are still all over the internet years later. She is an example of why people should watch what they do and be positive online because once it is out there it is very hard to get
“The idea of a “permanent record” used to be a myth used by school teaches to scare children into behaving, lest their bad deeds be written down in some alleged file that would haunt them forever. Now though, for better or worse, the permanent record is real, and has arrived in the form of the Internet” (2). What the author is basically saying is after you post on the internet it stays forever regardless of the delete button. For example you can search your Instagram username and sometimes find a picture you deleted a while ago on Google images. This means job employers, schools officials, or spouses could …show more content…
But with the internet, now such rumors can be displayed online indefinitely” (23). I feel that this relates to the topic because it is another example of how what you put on the internet can affect someone forever. At school you notice that usually rumors and gossip about a person does not stay around for long, but if it has been posted online it takes one person to bring the situation back up again. It does not matter if the rumor is positive or negative or if it is correct or incorrect it is now on a “permanent record”. Cyber bullying is one of the main issues Iverson addresses in his book. When someone is being bullied online unless they take the initiative to delete or get help it is hard to escape the content. I recently read the story of Amanda Todd a girl who took her life after being bullied online and noticed that the memes of her are still all over the internet years later. She is an example of why people should watch what they do and be positive online because once it is out there it is very hard to get