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Technology these days has grown over the years. People have invented social networking sites which is a place to communicate with family and friends via internet. These sites consist of Facebook, Myspace, and Xanga. Students use these sites to chat with their friends. On these sites, conversations float around the site and fights can start and people can become injured. Sometimes arguments can make a turn for the worse and students can take it to school. School is a place where students’ should be able to feel safe and learn. The three reasons why schools should punish students for their content on their social networking site is cheating by using blog pages, cyber bullying, and content.

This is why schools should punish students for content on their social networking site. Even though these acts seem harsh, it is only to keep students out of trouble.

In the article, “Facing the Consequences of Facebook” at www.infopackets.com, Chris Avenir from Toronto University learned the hardway of using Facebook. His wrong doings may have cost him expulsion. What Chris did wrong was using Facebook for the wrong reason. He created a blog for “exchanging answers to fool an online testing system.” What he did was unethical, the people who used his blog were not learning, and it was plagiarism. In support of this problem, a middle school parent, Robert Shwinner, states that, “Social networking sites are a good tool if used responsible.” What Chris did was irresponsible.

Second, some of the content on Facebook or Myspace violates the school’s policy. This content include of promoting, drinking, nudity, or drugs. These types of content do not help the school community. Consequences could lead to suspension or even expulsion. Now, from an interviewee Luke Caprio, a student from East Windsor Highschool says, “Schools should monitor the sites because of students’ inappropriate content.” Above, that is all inappropriate content.

In the end, “ Facebook face off: student suspended for blog range, sues” written by Jennifer Mooney Pierda from the Miami Herald, writes about Katherine Evans, a senior from Pembroke Pines Center High. The article says that, “To vent her frustrations, she logged onto Facebook and started typing. Ms. Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I’ve ever met!” She also told other student who did not like that teacher to post what they feel about her on the blog. Her consequences were that she was suspended and she was moved from an advanced class to a less pressured class. Now that Katherine is eighteen years old now, she fears about her academic record says Jennifer Pierdra. In fact, Katherine should fear since what she did was cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is an extremely important act these days and can lead to suicide.

To summarize, schools should punish students for their content. Cyber bullying, cheating, and violation school’s policy will not be tolerated. What can happen instead of expelling the convicts, they should be suspended from certain activities in the school’s curriculum. Citizens the time is now to choose which side. Will it be in favor or not in favor, you decide.