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The Need for the Internet (r)

(written by iearn@iearn.org, 03/27/1996)

From: Leah Dale
Albuquerque, New Mexico



I fell that Cyberspace has improved the average persons ability to
communicate while at the same time lowered the statis quo for spelling
and grammer.  I do agree that it takes half the time to research
information on the net as in comparison to a book, but we must ask how
reliable is the information that we receive.  With the internet comes
the ability to publish what you see fit.  This freedom can be becoming
somewhat abused. People fell free to send out uncheck and unresearched
information.  This can become misleading to growing number of uneducated
user.  Many children can and will read the information and determind
that what they are seeing is fact.  So until the average man becomes
more carful as to what they send across Cyberspace or there is a stop to
free speech, which I hope will not happen, we must not take what we see
on Cyberspace as fact, we must take it as opinion until we research
further.

Leah Dale

Albquerque High School

Albuquerque, NM