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Media is a basic tool, but a very powerful one. An example of its power can be seen in a Virginia student's decision to post a message left on his cell phone by a Fairfax County public school administor's wife. Senior Devaj "Dave" S. Kori, left a message at Dean Tistadt's personal home number after a snowfall asking why schools had not closed. Later, Dean Tistadt's wife left a message on his cell phone in which she uttered, "snotty-nosed little brats" and said " Get over it, kid, and go to school!" Kori then took Tistadt's message and posted an adutio link on a Facebook page and the message was posted on Youtube. What is important to understand here, is that the interent is a interesting, yet powerful way for teenagers and young adults, who know how to work this technology, to express their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech. Personally, I feel there is nothing wrong with expressing personal opinions or other issues that should get media by starting a page on the internet.

Mrs. Tistadt's naivity comes from a geration gap on technology. What the world has to understand that, anything that is said or written, can no longer be private. Once it is on the internet, anyone, anywhere can have access to it. This is a new standard and expectation that people must get used to.

It is promising and inspring that common media can be used to get a story started on the interet on websites such as Facebook and Youtube, and become major national stories in papers such as The Wasthington Post and discussed on television on shows such as Good Morning America. This way, practically everyone can make a difference by merely knowing how to hit the Internet Explorer button.