Second Blog Question :)

The Revealers In the novel, The Revealers, the students of Parkland Middle felt connected through SchoolStream or as the students called it KidNet where they were able to chat or instant message. Most of you do this nightly through MSN Messenger. With KidNet and MSN nobody could break into or eavesdrop on your conversation without it being known. Not anymore. Today’s technology allows you to assume the identity of another person. Do you really know whom you are talking to in the cyber world? It is 10:00 pm on a Wednesday night; you have finished your homework and you are chatting on MSN with three other friends. After 10 minutes two more friends ask to join the chat. By 10:30 pm five more people have joined and it is fun; however, there is a joke said about one of the people, rapidly followed by an insult. At first, no one knows how to respond, then seconds later a message pops up stating, “I didn’t say that! It isn’t me saying these things. Someone is using my name. What is going on here?” What is the issue involved in this scenario? Why is this serious? What would be a responsible way to handle this situation? How could a situation like this be resolved? How would one of the three main characters from The Revealers deal with this situation? Answer: The issue involved in this scenario is that First a friend is insulted and then the person that insulted the other person says that they didn't write the insult and someone else did. I think sometimes people do that by mistake and later they realize that they did something worng and now they can't think or find any other solution to say sorry about their mistake and so they just say that someone else was there in their MSN account. Just tell the truth that you actually said what you said and you didn't mean to say that and you are also really sorry for what you said. Sometimes this is not going to work out properly but you are going to be happy and are also going to feel nice that you told the truth to you friend. THANK YOU