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I was really surprised when I read that “Kids are writing more now than they ever did before.” It never really occurred to me that with technology advancing so quickly and people having blogs that even high school students are writing (or typing, I guess) much more frequently than before. However, I think that you also bring up a good point about myspace (and now, facebook). Kids do not write well-written and/or insightful things on social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook (with a few exceptions, of course). I am a high school student and I have seen these social networking pages, and besides the fact that some people use the aNnoYiNg wAy of TyPiNg LiKe tHiS that is very grammatically incorrect, they also write the way that they talk, which is not accomplishing much. However, I think that actual blogs (such as this, or the ones that blog.penncharter.com offers) are very good for future generations, as well as for the general population now. I am in your English 11 class this year (2006-2007) and prior to this class I had only “blogged” via social networking sites such as Facebook. However, now that I have a real, legitimate blog, I think that it is an excellent idea. I write posts as if I were writing a paper for my English teacher (aka there are no spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes, and I write as if I were writing a formal paper). I like that my blog is sophisticated and looks somewhat professional and I can get my ideas and my writing out there, and I can learn what people think of my writing, in a quick and easy way that was not possible before the invention of the online blog. So basically, I agree with you. Blogging is a very positive advancement in technology and in our society in general.