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The Revealers

Blog Question: 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?

The issue in this "scenario" is that somebody was using a hacking program and/or copy and pasting the other person's name. This is serious becuase you could tell lies about other people and nobody would know the difference.. unless of course you were using webcam. The responsible way to handle this situation would be to not tell people your password, or to ask people not to do that politely. I think that the characters from the Revealers wouldn't handle all this well all by themselves, but together they would do wonders.

Right of Passage. True or False

The Revealers
Blog Writing Topic

Blog response Instructions: Answer the questions in complete sentences, proper English and use examples from the novel whenever possible. Put page number after your examples. When writing comments to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their response. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.

Blog Question: Is bullying a rite of passage of childhood and adolescence? Is it a part of the maturation process one needs to go through to reach adulthood? Explain. Mrs. Hogeboom brings up this topic on page 108.


Blog Answer:
I really don't think so. Bullying is something that happens to unfortunate people that usually have done nothing to deserve it. Children who get bullied fear things and people, and to be an adult, you shed away childhood fears. If it was a right of passage, a cruel and twisted one it would be. To have innocent people be hurt physically and emotionally. Bullying itself is highly immature. So to be part of a maturation process, would be horrifically ironic.

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