These are the results of a recent survey done by Symantec of children's
life online:
35% of kids have made friends online
33% like their online friends as much as or more than "real" friends
67% of teens visit social networking sites, at least sometimes
42% have received online requests for personal info
16% have been approached by a stranger
50% of parents have spoken to kids about safe use
These stats appeared in the March/April 2009 issue of NEA Today.
Ed Nizalowski, SMS
Newark Valley High School
Newark Valley, NY
enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org
"He spoke about libraries as a place of refuge for many people including
the homeless and mentally ill stating that a 'librarian must be a nurse,
poet and social worker.' . . . . Libraries can be a shelter, both
physically and emotionally, and that without libraries, communities may
become mindless shopping malls."
From the article by Terri Summey, ALA Cognotes, January 2006 concerning
an address by Andrei Codrescu at the ALA's President's Program
Currently reading The Fattening Hut by Pat Lowery Collins
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