Solution to Cyber-Bullying

There is no true way to eliminate bullying due to its place in human nature, but there is hope to limit it. One place that can have a big impact is in the home and at school. If parents raise their children to grow up knowing bullying is wrong, it will carry over with them for their entire life. Parents have the power to reinforce these values into their kids, but it needs to be shown and displayed elsewhere to continue its effectiveness. At school, teachers can further teach students the wrongs of bullying. By exemplifying the way to interact with other people, teachers can help to bestow these values into the children they teach. For forms of punishment, I feel as if it isn't going to get the message across to younger children if you meet negative punishments in response to negative actions it won't produce the desired result. If children were punished by having to do something kind to the one they punished, it would likely create a much more positive result. For example, if one kid bullies another, then he should be made to do something of kindness, like make a card or picture or play ball with them, to apologize. This would lead to much more positive outcomes than a negative punishment system. Kids could then potentially become friends, or at the very least, if done correctly, the one who was bullied can feel some kindness done to them instead of vengeance or fear of further bullying due to the bully being punished. Negative reinforcement typically doesn't produce positive results, and by implementing a system where positive reinforcement with positive acts of kindness are deemed "punishment" then there is hope for limiting bullying. For cyber bullying, it is an extension of natural bullying, but is easier for children to do due to the lack of face to face interaction. Kids can say anything over the internet and never see the pain that is brings people outside of the comments they make in retaliation. Cyber bullying is a form of bullying that is the most difficult to address and correct due to the lack of personal interaction that natural bullying requires.

Addicted to Google?

I personally do not believe that people are addicted to Google. Google is a resource and a very useful one at that. Rarely do you hear of someone being addicted to something that is both helpful and potentially educational as something that is bad. People do use Google quite a bit but I would say that it is more often than not to use as a tool to answer a question that we have, and why limit that ability? As for privacy concerns I think that is just something people will have to learn to accept in today's day and age. Having cookies within webpages to gather information on the visitors of the websites is just a tool that businesses/sites use for their own benefit with advertisements and material.

Blog Post Prompt #1

I read the blog regarding Bruce Schneier for this assignment. I found it ironic that he was reluctant to switch his monthly email to a blog because he wanted to make sure he had time to research his stories and make them the way he wanted them to look but then realized that the sooner you get the story out the more relevant it becomes. He evolved his monthly email from his primary focus with the blog posts being supplemental to becoming a collection of his blog posts. As time wore on and he began to see that speed is what matters when it comes to news stories he started to post more and more frequently. As compared to some blogs, Schneier seems that he does not want to benefit in any way besides getting his story out and informing people. He is very nonchalant about how serious he takes the blog, where it doesn't seem to be his life, just a hobby. Overall it just seemed to me like he evolved from a simple reader of weblogs and sending his emails into what most bloggers today are: people who want to voice their opinions without much incentive other than to get out there and have a voice.

My First Post

This is my first post just to get the ball rolling here. My personal website is http://www.webdevncc.info/bogdan/.