When you talk about students and their use of Facebook, it seems like most kids in the school population have one nowadays. And it seems that Facebook is a sort of a double-edged sword. On one hand, it can be a great social networking site that can keep kids and students involved with one another. But on the other hand, it can be something that can blow things out of proportion, and is a large factor in cyber-bullying in today's times. Kevin made a great point by discussing how even when you don't mean for something to become popular and truly hurtful, all it takes is someone to post it, and once it's on the web, it can blow up and start a "brush fire". When these type of things happen, I think the best thing to do is try to get the issue resolved between the main protagonist and the victim, if you can narrow it down. I like how Jaime said that you must combat the evil with good. If you have a student who is truly hurt by what is happening on Facebook, for example, you have to build them back up, and give them a channel to deal with what they are going through, whether its merely talking with you, or a professional, or other students who are dealing with the same thing. On the reverse side of this, it is important to let the students who are bullying other students through Facebook are in the wrong, and that it is something they really shouldn't do. Granted, there is only so much you can do, and you can't let it get ugly and out of control, but just get your point across that what they are doing is wrong, and that once they post these things on the web, its out there for everyone to see, and that can certainly come back to you in a bad way.
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