[VVP/Teen] Good and Bad of the Internet
Hi all this is my first post.
Global Kids' internship program has been a great experience, I love the fact that they also give us a teaching enviornment. They can guide us to become better leaders and to make others aware of all wrong and good of the world today. This past Thursday we were having a discussion on the good and the bad of the internet. One topic we came upon was is it safe to give any information about us to ayone on the internet.
There were many controversies between all my peers; some were neutral, others agree and disagreed. These three each had a explanatation for their opinion. Some said that it depends on who you are chatting on the internet with others say no because you never know who is next to the person there chatting . You can be chatting with someone but neveer know who you're truly talking to. They can say and describe themselves being a totally different person then what they truly are. Those who agreed said that only if they were chatting with family, and close friends is when it is safe to give out information.
I really enjoyed discussing this topic among all my peers, it left me in shock of everyone's opinion and strong explanantions. I thought that everyone was going to be against giving out information but I was surprised of seeing some of my peers being neutral on this topic. In my point of view this is a strong topic we should make many teens are age younger and older aware of. They might not be aware of the cleverness or persuasive writing of a person on the other side of the internet they are chatting with. This topic should be talked about more often to teens because in my opinion when adults say "Don't chat with strangers or talk with strangers" we teens take it as a joke.
I believe that if other teens let other teens aware of this all, teenagers will be safer and well aware. The good of the internet is yet to come though we spoke about the bad, we also shined light on the good. We spoke about how internet is good for people economically, educationaly, and commercially. We also can benefit form the internet through news, facts, and shopping. This discussion among us in Global kids was a great wake up call to let others aware of things we can learn from this program and teens all around the world. Have a great week!
Melanie Rodriguez
