http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/fact-vs-fiction/ Superintendent of Schools writes about learning and school management in rural Western New York. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:30:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/fact-vs-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Chris Lehmann Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:30:27 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/fact-vs-fiction/#comment-1264 Thanks... I'm trying to. :) Thanks… I’m trying to.

]]> http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/fact-vs-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 mltechguy » THE FACTS ABOUT ONLINE SEX ABUSE AND SCHOOLS Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:59:42 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/fact-vs-fiction/#comment-1263 [...] Cruising through my Google Reader this morning and a post by Kimberly at G-Town caught my eye - Please check out this post at The Pulse by Pete Reilly–The Facts About Online Sex Abuse and Schools. Mr. Reilly effectively dispells the hype in the media and effectively shows the truth about online abuse. Unfortunately, there are too many people in leadership positions both in schools and in government that hear the very few cases of abuse and make decisions based on those stories sensationalized in the media. [...] [...] Cruising through my Google Reader this morning and a post by Kimberly at G-Town caught my eye – Please check out this post at The Pulse by Pete Reilly–The Facts About Online Sex Abuse and Schools. Mr. Reilly effectively dispells the hype in the media and effectively shows the truth about online abuse. Unfortunately, there are too many people in leadership positions both in schools and in government that hear the very few cases of abuse and make decisions based on those stories sensationalized in the media. [...]

]]> http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/fact-vs-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Doug Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:00:32 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/fact-vs-fiction/#comment-1262 I don't know exactly what is considered online sex abuse, but, aside from going out to meet someone they meet online, its hard for me to visualize what could happen to kids online that would be all that traumatic. In other words, what is the nature of what we are trying to protect them from. I think in the course of their everyday lives they will run across all sorts of stuff we and they will find offensive. Shouldn't our job be to let them know that stuff is out there, and to just deal with it and move on? It only becomes traumatic when we go to great lengths to protect them from it. I don’t know exactly what is considered online sex abuse, but, aside from going out to meet someone they meet online, its hard for me to visualize what could happen to kids online that would be all that traumatic. In other words, what is the nature of what we are trying to protect them from. I think in the course of their everyday lives they will run across all sorts of stuff we and they will find offensive. Shouldn’t our job be to let them know that stuff is out there, and to just deal with it and move on? It only becomes traumatic when we go to great lengths to protect them from it.

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