Making a change

Did you know 1 in every 3 teens is abused in a relationship? Or that dating violence is the leading cause to injury among women? When I found this out, I was so shocked. I never realized how much of a problem violence in relationships were until I googled it. Mr. Larkin wants us to join or create a movement on the internet that can inspire others. I decided to do relationship violence because I've seen movies and news reports of women that have been killed by their significant other. It sickens me to know that there are people out there that think it's okay to hurt people they "love." Many people that are being abused do not even know it. Relationship violence includes, controlling what a person does, physical and mental abuse, stalking or spying on them, and making a person feel unsafe. I know that a lot of girls have problems getting out of relationships with their boyfriends if they are being abused. The main belief they have is that their boyfriend can change. The girl stays with the boy in hopes he will stop hurting her, and it really only leads to more violence. No, I have never been in a situation like this, so I can't relate to it first hand, but I strongly believe that relationship violence is wrong. I want to raise awareness for relationship violence because I learned victims of teen violence are more likely to use drugs, have eating disorders, and even attempt suicide. This is not a problem from the past; dating violence is currently happening all around us and it really needs to stop. If you believe we can make a change for dating violence, join this facebook group Facebook against Violence
All of my information was found on Dating Facts and Relationship Violence

Helpful Tools

A helpful website I found is 50 tools students want to use. This website shows tools that are helpful to students today. The side bar shows different subjects that can be helped with on the website. It gives you tools that can be used to communicate with other students, like Whispurr and meebo. This website can be used to help with literacy and music.Kobobooks is a really helpful literacy tool that lets you read wherever you need to. These tools can help students adjust to using the internet more and I think they are very helpful