Cohesion

What’s been happening lately? I am very poor. I have come to a point in my life when I can no longer replace broken things. If it breaks, I adjust my life to live without it. When kids talk about Ipods and other gadgets I can barely keep up.

The kids were talking about Myspace.com one day as they surfed the net. I remember reading about it online. Some teachers were complaining about it at edweek.org so I asked the kids why the teachers didn’t like it. They told me it was a blog and kids get accounts there and talk to one another. This takes away from the time they should be doing research or other scholarly pursuits online.

I remember when the web first came into existence. It was thought to be unreliable as a research tool because anyone can post anything anytime!

So the kids told me the school had blocked access to Myspace.com but they knew how to crack it. I asked them how that was done, but they wouldn’t tell me. It was their own private conspiracy. I was secretly proud of them for being smart and having their own cohesion.

I liked watching them argue and come to a conclusion among themselves. Points for group dynamics! They interacted well.