exams. A student could receive silent text messages from a friend that has already taken a certain exam during a test. It is obviously that when students use their cell phones at school‚ it makes rumors spread faster. This is because‚ everyone has access to a cell phone and when somebody hears a rumor‚ they send a text message to their friend to tell them about it‚ and their friend sends a
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World’s End Is Trouble for Schools Predictions of doomsday have come and gone repeatedly without coming true. But the latest prophecy‚ tethered to the Mayan calendar and forecasting that the world will self-destruct on Friday‚ has prompted many rumors of violence‚ with a particular focus on school shootings or bomb threats. With students and parents already jittery after the shootings in Newtown‚ Conn.‚ last week‚ rampant posts on Facebook and Twitter have fed the hysteria‚ and police departments
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earthquake in Haiti hit‚ people were able to the damaging effects right away. One person near the accident could “tweet” about what just happened and it would spread worldwide‚ making everyone aware. Social networking is connecting users everywhere‚ and spreading kindness and knowledge worldwide. It allows users to overcome the distance put between them‚ and lets them unite together. Sites allow people to connect with
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many people don’t realize is that there are a lot of fake Donald Trump Twitter and Facebook account circulating. To avoid this people reposting should look into the information before sharing it. The problem with reposting false information is that rumors start to spread
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What was once thought as advantageous to our society‚ is now wreaking havoc on the innocent minds of young adolescents. Created in 1997‚ social media was envisioned as a tool that would help others communicate with those who live far away. Social media was a tool that was supposed to increase communication and allow for more socialness in the society‚ however its plan was flawed. The first symptoms of social media started to rise in the early 2000’s‚ when the internet became a common tool for anonymous
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a growing epidemic throughout schools in Jamaica and schools worldwide. It has become a major concern for teachers‚ school administrators‚ principals parents and children. Bullying tends to be a repetitious behavior including making threats‚ spreading rumors‚ attacking someone physically or verbally and or excluding someone from a group on purpose. Students who are being bullied suffers from both emotional and psychological damages. Students‚ lose interest to perform academically or begin to disassociate
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Cyberbullying is using electronic communication devices to bully someone. Cyberbullying include spreading rumors through text messages‚ posting embarrassing photos‚ and posting hurtful things about other on the internet. An individual can be a victim of cyberbullying in many ways. It is intimidating and can happen to anyone. Cyberbullying has become an increasingly serious problem that results in devastating outcomes. We all like to think that people do not take what is written about them on the
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Abigail still wants to be with John and he does not‚ it is a sin and is looked down upon. In the beginning of the story‚ we find out that Abigail was a servant of the Proctors. She was suspected of "touching" with John and now Mrs. Proctor is spreading rumors about her‚ which Abby knows she did wrong but still wants to be with him. "You loved me‚ John Proctor‚ and whatever sin it is‚ you love me yet." (22) In their town of Salem‚ God is everything to people. Gods word is law and is what everyone should
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Hannah Baker was a teenager who faced betrayal‚ violence‚ guilt‚ and given a bad reputation based on the rumors that were spread about her in school. She committed suicide because of the situations she encountered. Betrayal‚ false reputations‚ violence‚ and guilt are elements that drive adolescents towards suicide in the novel Thirteen Reasons Why. Thirteen Reasons Why is about a teenage girl named Hannah Baker who arrived to a new school. She faced a lot of horrible situations that drove her to
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●●●ReadTheory.Org © 2010 Name________________ Date________________ EnglishForEveryone.Org © 2008 “Accused” Reading Comprehension – Short Stories Directions: Read the story. Then answer the questions below. Elizabeth was brooding in her room. She had sought asylum there since spurious gossip about her began circulating at Seagrove Academy last week. Not that Elizabeth had ever been considered a social butterfly. She preferred to live vicariously through the stories of her more
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