Friday, May 20, 2016

Molly and the Internet...


Molly rushed into the house with solemn purpose a few afternoons ago. She was so intent on her mission that she'd forgotten to take off her shoes and her bike helmet before coming inside. I gave her a long sideways glance.

She took one sheepish breath and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot about my shoes. See, Abby (the neighbor friend with whom she'd been playing) is learning sign language on the computer and her sign for "mother" is this (showing me with her hands) but I think it's this (again, a slightly different motion) because that's what I learned at co-op. So, I'm going up to my room to get my book because, you know how the internet is wrong sometimes…."


I wanted to ask her about her experience with misinformation and the internet, but she was in a hurry to defend her case in the neighborhood…


"The internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom." ~Jon Stewart

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