Growing Up Online

I am not surprised with...
-People are having an online society.
-People are having relationships online.
-90% of teenagers are online.
-The internet is a place to express.
-It is hard to control what kids do online.
-Adults are not as efficient as teens when using technology.
-People are multitasking when they use the computer.
-Kids use the internet for plagiarism.
-The internet changes personalities.
-Kids hide what they do towards their parents.
-There are no secrets online.
-Kids are not giving their passwords to their parents.
-Most kids keep obvious predators away.
-People still use the internet as a tool.
-Kids hide their thoughts from their parents.

I am surprised with...
-Many teens  don't know how to spend time off the internet. There are many things that you can still do but today, kids lack in creativity.
-Schools are very dependent on technology and a class without a computer is like a desert.
-The ability of students to focus is decreasing.
-Books are not common and Sparknotes is dominating. Some can't even remember when they last read a book.
-Teachers are caring less and less about plagiarism and have decided that what cheating was before is not the same as what cheating is now.
-People judge others through the web. Facebook is becoming a way of bullying.
-People compete for friends and end up adding people they don't know.
-Kids are shy when they look at each other but through Facebook, they feel more confident to say what they are thinking.
-People have their real friends and their online friends. I think this is surprising because you should be able to personally hang around with your real friends.
-People hide their identity while they hang online. This is shocking because you are basically lying to yourself about yourself.
-People even lie about their age in order to seem someone else.
-Their parents are affected from what their children do. I think that the relationship between parents and children is getting weaker.
-Some people regret the things that they do online. This means that there is some consciousnesses improvement.
-People online chase others 'cause they think that the person has a special connection. I'm surprised that the internet has created this obsession.
-Parents need to take control of the computer. I I'm surprised that this is not happening anymore. Now parents what to go on Facebook themselves.
-Parents are stalking their children. This is surprising because they are dong the same thing that they are fighting against of.
-Cyber bullying can easily lead to suicide when the kids has a low self-esteem.
-Webpages that the you the best way to suicide still exist! They are really easy to find.

Today, this things have changed...
-Myspace is not popular anymore.
-I Pods are thinner.
-Smartphones are more common.
-Facebook has more users now.
-YouTube's layout is very different.
-Computers look different.
-Picture quality is better.
-Train travelling has decreased.
-Stalkers are way more common.
-The chase for online predators is stronger each time.
-Microsoft Word's layout is very different.
-People don't use Internet Explorer as the main browser anymore.
-Video game consoles are more modern.
-Microphones are now usually incorporated into computers.
-School tools have been replaced with technological tools. (I Pads as notebooks)