A Big Issue, "Cyber-Bullying"

The phrase Cyber-Bullying itself means "when someone repeatedly makes fun of another person online or repeatedly picks on another person through emails or text messages, or uses online forums and postings online intended to harm, damage, humiliate or isolate another person that they don’t like." (from Wikipedia)

As shown on the two videos (http://www.learnnowbc.ca/lnbcresources/cybersafe/), Steve Dotto and the Constable Shane Eakins of the Integrated Child Exploitation Unit, RCMP, are inspecting and exploring in what ways the children are in the danger of getting hurt and humiliated by other people.
Steve states that although most parents might not have the knowledge required to control over their kids' use of computer and the internet, it does not reveal them from protecting and guiding their children. Then, Shane adds that there are two ways by which parents can highly reduce the chance of their childern falling into dangerous situations:
1. Not to allow their children have a computer in their room.
2. Not to have any webcam at home.

Shane discusses that Cyber-Bullers can take webcam users' picture, if their webcam is on, and use them in whatever way the want against that person.


My opinion is that putting computers in public can not be a logical solution to this problem, because by doing this we are just keeping an eye on children behavior of using the internet and we are choosing the easiest way and least useful weapon to solve the problem. What would be the best way of overcoming this issue, is to teach the students from the very young ages the proper way of using the internet and how to access 911 officers in case of noticing cyber-bullying. When children are in their younger age, they save in their mind what ever they are told to do. Accordingly, it is going to be helpful to shape their mind regarding using the internet appropriately, from kindergarton or elementary school.
















My Cousin's Comments on the Videos:

- It's important for all parents to recognize that their succeeding generation presents new parenting challenges that need to be first understood, applied correctly in order to stay true to proper parenting techniques.
- Even though technology can become a major factor in the lives of our children, parents should be intimated to address vital issues and communicate with their children about the real dangers that cyber world presents.
- Transparency and clear communication is an essential key to ensure children stay safe online.
- Parents should educate themselves about the basic technologies and threats out there.
- Being prepared to take action in unexpected situations is another important step that parents should be aware of.

My Comments On "Post-secondary edge goes to immigrants' kids" Article

There are different reasons for that students that move to Canada from Asia are more likely to enter university and get their degrees. As I myself moved to Canada from one of the Asian countries, Iran, I exactly know what situation students from Asia are in when they move to Canada. Some of the reasons could be :
1.In most of the Asian countries such as China, Japan and korea, Subjects taught in the schools, are very hard for the students to study and understand. Level of the subjects like Math, Physics and Chemistry is very high and not even comparable to the level of same subjects taught in Canada. Then, as a result, when parents bring their children here, to Canada, they expect their children to easily get highest marks, ace all the courses and accordingly go to university to get their degrees. This strict mindset of Asian parents puts heavy pressure on their children which could sometimes be annoying.
2. School environment in some of the countries in Asia is not very suitable for the students. For example:Teachers sometimes harshly treat the students and there is no friendly relationship between the teachers and students. Also, there are so many restrictions and limits for the students in the school environment. On the other side, With that in mind that Canada is a first-world country and the Canadian Education System is very practical, students that move here from Asian countries, find the environment much suitable and more friendly so their efficiency in school goes up, and they are expected (by their parents) to do well in the new environment. This could be another source of pressure which almost all the students experince when they move to Canada or USA from Asia.

Describing Myself and Why I Am Taking An On-Line Course

I am Arjang Ataollahi, 18 years old, and I moved to Canada just 2 years ago when I was in grade 11.
It was very hard to adapt with the new environment but now, I'm happy that I have been successful in the way of adapting myself with my new surrounding. My interests are Soccer and Music. In soccer, I have had some success and I have reached some of my goals up to this point, such as playing for the provincial soccer team, Whitecaps FC. Also, in my music career, I have been successful since I immigrated to Canada. For example, I have performed music concerts at Canada CBC Radio News and Red Robinson Theatre.
The reason I am taking this course through the open-learning school ( on-line) is that, I have more time to complete assignments and hand them in so it helps me a lot, because in regular planning 10 class, students have to hand in the assignments the day after they are given the assignments, and with my very tight soccer schedule, that would not work and was not possbile for me to get a good mark.