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Students post videos of schoolyard brawls online

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.sacbee.com (Views: 138, Clicks: 16)  View Story

In schoolyards across the country, all it takes to attract a crowd are the words "Fight! Fight! Fight!" But students are increasingly showing up with cameras to record the brawls, then posting the footage on the Internet. Some of the videos have been viewed more than a million times.

1 comments | Tags: schoolyard brawls cyber bullying youtube cell phones "15 megabytes of fame" | Topic: Other BAD >_<

#1 by nitajo posted ago +1 apples bad good
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Kids are looking for their 15 megabytes of fame. "Kids' popularity is measured by how many hits they get, how many people visit their sites. -- Parry Aftab, executive director of the Internet safety group http://www.wiredsafety.org/  
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