Instructions:

Click on the link below.

http://phantom.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~caucus/caucus.html

Go to Caucus, Lesson 10: Netiquette - The Trouble with a High School Student Home Page.

CAUCUS PAGE WILL SAY: Read in any of the following resources about Sean O'Brien, a high school student in Ohio who who sued his school for suspending him when he wrote and published a Web page that was critical of one of his teachers.

New York Times Article

(www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:COMPTIME1/1:COMPTIME1082698.html)

Asociated Press Article

(www.freep.com/browsing/internet/qweb20.htm)

Public Eye

(www.penguinpalace.com/hi/eye/index.html)

History/Philosophy of Education - Online Resources

(www.ets.uidaho.edu/center_for_ethics/online.htm)

Mining Company Guide to Civil Liberties

(civilliberty.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa083198.htm)

Write your answers to the following questions on Caucus. Do you think Sean O'Brien did the right thing in writing about his teacher on a Web page? Do you think the Web pages you consulted present the issues fairly? Why or why not?

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