My reaction to the readings in chapters 8,9,10 is that now I know when i read something for this class even if I don't understand it, I will once I have class. It gets broken down in class so I can comprehend it better. Maybe I have heard of some of the things before but didn't recognize that I knew some of them until I had this class. The use of graphic accents and acronyms were a little familiar to me because of my children. They are growing up already knowing all of this and what things mean. I on the other hand sometimes feel childish using abbreviations and silly acronyms because I know my kids use these everyday. I have to ask my kids what something means if I get a text message or e-mail from somebody and they use abbreviations that I do not know. I hope to become more abbreviation "friendly" after this class. The things that I read now only make sence to me because I sat in class and listened to how my instructor broke it down. I like the section about telecommuting. I always wanted to work from home. I think people that get to do that are lucky. The online game chapter introduced some new terms to me. Like toading. What a weird name for something. Internet addiction was interesting, like we need something else to be addicted to. I know quite a few people that I think are addicted to using the internet and not just for games. It's crazy. But the chapter on information and education is right on. Everything we learn now is through the internet. You have to be able to use the internet or a computer for anything nowadays anyway. Setting up my myspace account was not that easy. I didnt really want to do it because I am so paranoid. My kids have it and believe me with girls it seems tobe nothing but trouble. Someone broke into one of my daughters accounts after she didn't use it anymore and when we contacted myspace they refused to shut it down again and again. My daughter forgot her password and can't even use her page. But they refuse to help us get it off. I will probaby not use this space except for school and hopefully be able to shut it down after. I can see where people would think it would be fun. But right now in my life I am too busy to really get in to it. Plus it makes me nervous. I don't really know if anyone I know uses this. I guess I'm gonna find out now. I am going to try to make a cute little page with some music and see if I can get into this and enjoy this. We'll see. See ya next time.