The main idea of this article is a anthropologist who studies the ways teens interact with each other on the internet. She is a doctor who has her phd in what she studies. This article says that Dr.Boyd believes that teens getting on the internet is healthy. Dr.Boyd also says that "Chilren's ability to roam has basically been destroyed." School, teachers, an parents do not want students to get on the internet or social networks. And Dr.Boyd is trying to stress that it is good for teens. Teens only get on the internet to talk, flirt, and humor. Sometimes children may bully but parents don't take the time to see what goes on. Dr.Boyd claims that "We need to give our kids the freedom to explore and experience things online that might actually help them, she added. Dr.Boyd says that the internet was her saving grace. She also often reached out to adults online. Many of whom acted as de facto counselors and mentors. She thinks that teens talking to adults online is beneficial. Even though adult may think there are many perverts but the world is much safer today. I do agree with Dr.Boyd I think that the internet is fun place for teens. It gives them a chance to talk to people they don't know and people that they do. I do think that internet can sometimes be harmful because you are talking to strangers. But overall I don't see anything wrong with teens chating on facebook or tweeting each other.

The article teaching kids is about teens breaking up with each other on facebook. Some people think it;s a healthy way of moving on from your ex. Some people on the other hand find it stupid and immature. Roberto claimed who proclaimed with a bit too much gusto that " racing to update your relationship status after a break up is healthy behavior. " I do agree with Roberto. Even though when a bisexual 15- year old confessed in a morning session that she learned that her girlfriend of two years dumped her only when she changed her relationship status to single. I thought that was dumb and unfair for her to find out that way. Personally I will never break up with someone over a computer. That is very stupid to me. If I was to break up with someone it would ether be in person, over a phone call, or a text. Ad least the whole world doesn't have to see only the person I am breaking up with unless they share the information with someone else. In today's generation a lot of teens end their relationships over electronics. I really don't agree with that way or style of breaking up with someone. When I read this article I understood where some people were coming from because many of my friends have gone through this. And even then I didn't understand breaking up with someone over the computer. I do not support breaking up with someone over a social network!

Teachers in Neshmany go on strike. The teachers in neshamny go on strike because they have been working without a contract for 3 years. The teachers haven't received any increase in their pay since 2008 even though they do not have to pay health insurance. In the article it says, " The board wants them to pick up 15 percent of their costs, the union has countered with up to 8 percent." The teachers just want a fair deal. One teachers stated, "We'd like to be in the classrooms teaching," said Charlene Dixon. "Where the economy is, I think they need to be grateful to have a job. Everybody would like to have more, but at some point we have to say when is enough," taxpayer Trish Klein said. Both sides are urging Neshaminy residents to push for a settlement. Personally I feel as though the teachers have a right to protest. If something in their life or their job isn't the way they want they have the right to fight for their rights. I don't think it's fair for the teachers to have to work without a contract for three years and enough was enough. But the real people suffering out of this dispute are the students. The students at Neshaminy have to get 180 days of instructional time by June 14. 9,000 students are out school right now. The whole situation is really selfish on both parties because the children need to learn. But at the same time if the teachers feel they need to protest that is their choice and their right.

Earthquake in 2011

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia has been felt across the area with people experiencing shaking buildings and slight tremors. The earthquake was centered near Louisa, Va., which is northwest of Richmond and about 230 miles southwest of Philadelphia. There were also two aftershocks in Virginia, both below a 3-magnitude. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was half a mile deep. Reports were coming in throughout Tuesday afternoon and evening of minor damage in the area. During the earthquake I was sitting one the couch with my dad. And my mother was sitting right across from me. And in the living room were my two god sisters and my biological sister and her friend. I felt the earth shake but when I first felt it I was unsure of what it was. My mom assured me that is was an earthquake. Nothing was damaged in my house. When the earthquake happened I wasn’t scared. I really didn’t have time to be scared because it happened so fast. This was the first earthquake I had ever experienced. I am just glad that I was at home. Philadelphia really never experiences earthquakes. It is very rare for us to have earthquakes. Most people living in California have at one time or another experienced an earthquake. Earthquakes are the Earth's natural means of releasing stress. When the Earth's plates move against each other, stress is put on the lithosphere. When this stress is great enough, the lithosphere breaks or shifts. Imagine holding a pencil horizontally. If you were to apply a force to both ends of the pencil by pushing down on them, you would see the pencil bend. After enough force was applied, the pencil would break in the middle, releasing the stress you have put on it. The Earth's crust acts in the same way. As the plates move they put forces on themselves and each other. When the force is large enough, the crust is forced to break. When the break occurs, the stress is released as energy which moves through the Earth in the form of waves, which we feel and call an earthquake.