Saftey for Laptops

Wellness

          Wellness is being physically and mentally healthy. Wellness is also eating healthy foods and drinking plenty of water. If you are sick or stressed you have to work your way back up to being active and healthy. 

DCA - Rules to Protect People of the Present and the Future Online

Watch out! Little mistakes you make on the web could haunt you in the future, or even now. Repetitively, careless computer users list their personal information online. This can create open doors for cyber bullies, cyber stalkers, or even people who stalk you in real life like kidnappers. Posting silly pictures can lead to getting in trouble, being teased, or having an ugly job interview in the future. These scenarios can lead to being abducted, depressed, or even committing suicide. To prevent these terrible situations the online world needs to agree to follow the DCA. Wondering what the DCA is? Read this essay to find out.

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The DCA is the Digital Citizenship Agreement. Before my Dad gave me a talk on digital citizenship and cyber bullying, I use to carelessly put my personal information online. To be safe online, I learned that first users need to respect themselves. A picture of you doing something silly or inappropriate might be funny today, but might not be so funny tomorrow. Children can be teased or get a bad reputation for posting something silly online. People can even get in big trouble if they post an inappropriate picture on the web. Another important rule I was taught is to ‘protect’ yourself online. Sharing personal information, like their phone number, email, address, age, surname etc., can get people in a bad situation. There are possibilities that someone starts stalking or cyber bullying you. Someone could give a series of creepy calls and emails to an individual, or come to your house and do something bad to you - especially if you share your age.

After I learned to respect and to protect myself, I was taught to do the same for others. Respecting others is about not bullying or harassing anyone online, and not making any offensive or insulting comments to others through the internet. Some unfortunate people like Amanda Todd end up committing suicide for being constantly harassed and bullied online.  Entering people's personal space online or hacking peoples accounts is another way to disrespect others online. Additionally, protecting the online community is very important too. Never forward any inappropriate content to anyone because that will end up in their inbox and then will have to deal with the consequences. Do not share any personal information about your friends because the same thing can happen to them that would happen to you if you shared any personal information online.

    Respecting and protecting Intellectual property is also key in being a good digital citizen. Dragging a picture off google images onto your school project is not okay. The picture needs to be taken off of a properly copyrighted website like Creative Commons, and credit needs to be given. Do not download software for free that probably costs something. Don't download music for free either (unless its from a open free website like purple planet).

Finally, respect and protect property. Respect and protect files and data of others, and respect hardware and software. Never leave your laptop unattended, and back up your files everyday.

From respecting to protecting, I learned these useful rules during our laptop bootcamp week, and even some from my Dad. I now wisely list my information online, and never give anything personal. Now that I've learnt these rules, in the future I will have no embarrassments or even unacceptions with my job interviews, and I will always be very safe - online or not. Remember these rules and integrate them into your life, to have a stalking, bullying, and stealing free internet. Remember, don't say something online if you wouldn't say it in person.

http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/article/stalking

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World War II Music Station

    The song 'We're Gonna Hang our Clothing on the Siegfried line' is there to make people happy during the hardships of the war. The song makes people think that the war will be easy and the Siegfried line isn't powerful like they say it is. (By the wat the Siegfried line is a line of defense for the Germans). The lyrics: We're Gonna Hang our washing on the Siegfried line, translates that pfft* its just the Siegfried line, its so bad we could hang our clothing on it. Then it says 

Freedom with the Blacks and Slavery in Books

The other Side by Jacqueline Woodson illustrates the fact: when something is wrong in society changes are needed to be made. Here is a quote from the story: "My mama says I shouldn't go on the other side," I said. "My mama says the same thing. But she never said nothing 'bout sittin' on it." "Neither did mine," I said. This portrays how when society is unfair individuals can find smart ways to stand up. Like in freedom summer the character

Band of Angles

      In the book Al Capone does my shirts there are a few supporting characters. The girl Natalie is mentally challanged, so she sometimes says what the main character, Mouse, would'nt usualy say for example where they were and what they were doing.

The Other Side

      The fence symbolises a border or a margin. If you are on the other side it is a bit awkward because you would have never been there and there would be only people from a different race. However on top of the borderline (the fence) is no longer on your own side, but not the other side either. It's just like a united area, because no one is going to tell you, you can't be in the middle. Then the quote in the end, "Someday somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down," translates that someday there will not be a border line and everyone will be united.

      'The Other Side' by Jacqueline Woodson illustrates when something is not right in society, changes are needed to be made. When Clover saw the lonely white girl at the other side of the fence, she wanted to be friends with her. The book 'Freedom on the Menu' by Carole Boston Weatherford is very similar to this book, for in both stories they stand up by sitting down.