In small group on Monday we did an activity that caused us to think about why we label other people. The second part of the activity involved us anonymously adding labels to a Padlet which is on Ms. B's website. The part of the activity I found interesting was when Ms. B was asking the class what some of the labels on the Padlet meant. Everybody was hesitant at first, there were willing to put something nasty up for the whole class to see, but as soon as their name would be attached to it, they didn't want anything to do with it anymore.
This shows the power of being able to do something anonymously. Being anonymous allows us to mostly avoid the repercussions of what we say or do, and this causes most people to think that this is a bad thing. But what if being completely anonymous is the only way to get somebody to reveal their true self. They would not have to worry about what other people thought of them, allowing them to say whatever they wanted to be. The hateful statements that come from truly anonymous sources only come from truly hateful people, if you pride yourself in being nice to everybody, and actually follow through in those ideas, then being anonymous will still allow you to spread kind ideas.
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