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School Boards Rule, Internet No Longer Dangerous

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wiping-sweat-off-brow dept.

destinyland writes "Good news. The National School Boards Association, which represents 95,000 school board members, just released a report declaring fears of the internet are overblown. In fact, after surveying 1,277 students, "the researchers found exactly one student who reported they'd actually met a stranger from the internet without their parents' permission. (They described this as "0.08 percent of all students.") The report reminds educators that schools initially banned internet use before they'd realized how educational it was. Now instead they're urging schools to include social networks in their curriculum!"

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  1. Now we can visit grammar sites by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    remember kids, the internet might not be dangerous, but overuse of commas can be!

    1. Re:Now we can visit grammar sites by techiemikey · · Score: 3, Funny

      are you serious? Over use of commas can lead to comas!

    2. Re:Now we can visit grammar sites by Gazzonyx · · Score: 4, Funny

      remember kids, the internet might not be dangerous, but overuse of commas can be! This guy isn't kidding, kids! I once knew a guy who turned in a paper in freshman English class with a comma splice in the opening paragraph. BAM! Hit by a school bus at the end of the day. Perhaps, in hind sight, this had something to do with being chased down by his English teacher wielding a rolled up copy of the paper as a LART.
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    3. Re:Now we can visit grammar sites by Joe+Random · · Score: 5, Funny

      However, comma overuse, you see, is something that, though sometimes problematic, can also, in my opinion at least, be a bit subjective, owing to the fact that, in certain instances, things could be expressed in multiple ways, and the expression with fewer commas may not be, to the average person, immediately obvious, or even desirable, depending on the circumstances.

    4. Re:Now we can visit grammar sites by beders · · Score: 5, Funny

      The problem, with that, is, you hear William Shatner's voice, in your head...

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  2. Re:Sure by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

    In related news; The researchers originally intended to intervied over 2,000 children, but for unknown reasons 723 children were mysteriously vanished even though logs showed they were accessing their myspace profiles just hours before.

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  3. The 3 R's by dgun · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now instead they're urging schools to include social networks in their curriculum

    OMG mathz rulz. I have mad science skillz, lolz!2!@! check out my blogz. c u guyz at da mall. ;)

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  4. Just like the real world by 4solarisinfo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next thing you know, these kids will be poitnlessly commenting on newsgroups and opinion sites instead of worki... Oh Crap, here comes my boss!

    1. Re:Just like the real world by 4solarisinfo · · Score: 4, Funny

      The real quesion is... Does the freezer run Linux?

  5. The internets be edjucationel by lonechicken · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...76% of parents expect social networking will improve their children's reading and writing skills..."

    The internet improving the writing skills of children? That's unpossible!

  6. Re:.08%? by bdonalds · · Score: 5, Funny

    At which Verizon location do you work?

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  7. Re:0.08 percent? by AndersOSU · · Score: 3, Funny

    Absolutely, whoever raised that .7 needs to be spoken to in the harshest possible terms.