“Cracking Teenagers’ Online Codes” is an article by Pamela Paul of the New York Times. This article is about a woman who does research on teenagers’ but in a way acts like one. The first paragraph goes like this “WITH her coordinated zebra-striped scarf, tights and arm warmers (arm warmers?), spiky out-to-there hat and pierced tongue, 34-year-old Danah Boyd provides an electric Gen Y contrast to the staid gray lobby of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, Mass., which she enters in a flurry of animated conversation, Elmo-decorated iPhone in hand. In a juxtaposition that causes her no end of mischievous delight, her laptop bears a sticker of Snow White, whose outstretched arm gently cradled the Apple logo.” This whole paragraph just talk’s about how crazy this woman is. Also, in my eyes this is saying since she dresses and acts like teens some how she understands them. If any they will run away from her. This is a thirty-two year old women acting as if she’s a teen. This article also talks about how parents shouldn’t be so overprotective. She say’s nowadays parents won’t even let their children outside because they are scared of what will happen. Based on the first paragraph alone I can say this women doesn’t deserve a PHD she’s crazy. Then, the passage goes on to say, “A teenage girl who has been sexually molested by an uncle and who has nobody she can talk to in her hometown might benefit greatly from communicating with a counselor online.” At this point I’m just like ok and how would this girl know if this is a real counselor and not another Waco. Pretending to be something there not; these days’ people will do anything crazy for attention and to get their stories heard. Personally I think this woman (Dr. Boyd) is going the wrong way about this. She needs to have more talks with teens. Ms. Boyd take this from me no girl wants to tell a stranger all her business some girls don't even want to tell their family, or their parents if that makes any sense.
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