Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Blog Entry 3.3 Practice CAT #3

In the article “The Net Is the Real World" the authors talk about the recent case of the teenager, who killed himself after finding out that his privacy was not so private. Tyler Clementi, a teenager at Rutgers University found that his privacy was leaked all over the internet, because his roommates had implanted a hidden camera. Soon after he had seen videos of himself in the internet having an intimate moment with another man, he decided to say his last goodbyes through the same way his privacy was invaded, the internet.Later, he took his life by jumping out the George Washington Bridge, where his body was found. What really interested me about article, was that it said that the perpetrators,In this case the bullies,would never know how much pain they inflicted to their victims.We can truly say that the reason why is because of all the emotional stress provoked by bullies.This makes me think how a person is capable to victimized a teenager.

     After reading this article, I believe that cyber bullying can be very hurtful, in my opinion; it is the number one cause that leads to tragedies among teenagers in today’s world. Nowadays I hear the news about death. We all know death is natural thing but young people dying is when things get unhumorous.in the news i hear teenagers killing themselves and murdering someone. It is a very common topic in today’s world because there are more teenagers who have been a victim of cyber bullying. And some of the reasons are because of bullying and privacy invasion.
      Victims of cyber bullying, like Tyler Clementi can lead them to committing suicide because they have no other way of dealing with their suffering. After a terrible act like the one his friends did to him, it is likely to understand that Tyler felt maybe embarrassed or even betrayed that his roommates would do such thing. Because of cyber bullying Tyler Clemeti, these roommates and their actions caused a very sad tragedy. In the case of Tyler people were being part of this sad tragedy because it caused his death. According to the article is says that “Whether is an invasion of privacy, or outing, as in this case, or some other form of bullying, such as defamation, impersonation, or just plain being mean, cyber bullies can afflict mental anguish that can hurt worse than physical wounds because cyber attack can reach a vast audience,and can haunt the victim forever.”I do agree with this because is the only reason why a teenager who has a life ahead of him would kill himself.
          Cyber bullying can victimized a person's life for the rest of their lives or even a soon after their victimized. For Instance, I remember when I read an article in high school about a teenager committing suicide because she was a victim of bullying through the internet. This teenager was only 13 years old and she was an active user of a popular social network called MySpace. Megan Meier, had received a friend request of guy who she interacted with and felt feelings for, who she later called her “boyfriend” but had never met. Even though she had not met this kid she liked him and enjoyed talking to him. Little; did she know that the person she called her boyfriend was actually a neighbor friend’s mom who pretended to be a teenager to find out if Megan Meier was talking about her daughter. In this case this girl took her life by hanging herself after other people began insulting her. I believe that this girl killed herself because she had low self esteem and she was bullied at school so even then it is likely to say that she was hurt that a person would do such a thing. And according to the article “when it comes to bullying, the internet can encourage what psychologist call “disinhibition”.”
        Finally, I believe that cyber bullying is a dangerous thing to teenager nowadays because it can affect them very bad. The culprit of these actions should face with a sentence to jail because it is not a normal thing to do. There are more teenagers who keep dying because of being bullied throughout the internet. For instance in the case of Meagan and Tyler, two teenagers who were victims of internet bullying, by coldhearted people, now are gone because they weren’t able to handle mental injuries produce by other humans.

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According to my classmates i did a good job in demonstarating clear understanding ideas in the reading,giving examples,the structure and word choice.I dont know about Grammar usage because they didnt put any grade in the that part.

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