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Testimonies of the online learning generation - Sana Hajimasaleh, Latymer Upper Digital assignments. Online documents. Google Classroom. Google Meets. Zoom call after Zoom call. The constant pinging of emails merging with the ever distracting Instagram and Snapchat notifications that lure you out of concentration.  The current state of learning for young people in January 2021 is one which is unusual, to say the least. For some, this distanced form of learning serves as a benefit: more time to spend with family, a lie-in with no morning commute, learning in the comfort of your own home and more free time. Yet, many young people are equally suffering from the inevitable drawbacks of such a method of learning.  With England’s children being forced into a second bout of online learning with the closure of schools in a bid to tackle the rising COVID-19 cases and schools not opening for another month at least, I asked some year 12 students for their views on what online schooling has been like for them. Many spoke of the natural hesitancies students feel with screen interaction rather than a classroom environment and fear that it inhibits their willingness to contribute in class.  Sofia: “During lessons, there…

Andrew Ray Young | Bonneville County Jail IDAHO FALLS — Authorities arrested a Blackfoot man on probation after he had an alleged romantic relationship with a 14-year-old girl over Snapchat. Andrew Ray Young, 33, is charged with five felony counts of possession of sexually exploitive material of a child and felony delivery of a controlled substance. According to an affidavit of probable cause, in December, the victim’s mother contacted the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office after discovering nude photographs were allegedly being exchanged. In an interview with detectives, the victim said over the past year, she and Young had been communicating over Snapchat. Young developed a romantic relationship with the victim and a friendship with her mother. The victim and Young reportedly sent back and forth nude photographs. At one point, the victim said Young even drove from his home in Blackfoot to the victim’s in Idaho Falls to bring her marijuana and meet up in person. The victim said she was too scared to meet Young in person and had him leave the weed and drug paraphilia at the end of her street. The victim said she smoked the marijuana. When her mother found out, she allegedly confronted him over…

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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) -”Their entire life is text messaging back and forth with other people. And so do you know who your child is messaging direct messaging, having conversations with?” said Voice for Children, Executive Director, Nyse Holloman. It’s a question the Genesee County Sheriff and his partners at Voices for Children want parents to know the answer to prevent a child from becoming a victim of a sexual predator. “Let me introduce you yo Lucas Gatewood is 26 years old. This in Lansing 80 miles from where we are right this very moment, he met a victim on Snapchat. The victim was innocent.” said Genesee County Sheriff, Chris Swanson. Thursday, Sheriff Chris Swanson held a GHOST virtual town hall to talk about how predators are finding their victims on social media-- including some newer apps being used. “There’s snapchat, Instagram, Facebook messenger. Everybody says Facebook is dead. it’s not. A lot of the conversations we see is strictly through Facebook messenger. And Snapchat the big story out there, is I can send something and it will disappear. That’s not true,” said Voices for Children is a child advocacy organization serving Genesee and Shiawassee Counties.The group’s Executive Director Nsye Holloman…

A onetime supervisor for a popular Halloween attraction in Shakopee sexually assaulted a 15-year-old co-worker in the first of many encounters spanning months, according to charges. Bryan E. Ellinger, now 31, of Shakopee, was charged Wednesday with first- and third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the assaults, which began in the fall of 2013 and ended early the next year. Ellinger, who has two other sex-related criminal cases on his record, was charged by warrant and has yet to be arrested. His girlfriend said that he would not be answering questions about the allegations. County Attorney Ron Hocevar said he's confident that "we will have him pretty quick." The criminal complaint raised the possibility that Ellinger assaulted other girls who worked at the Trail of Terror. Hocevar said he's hoping that if there are other victims and "they see the ice has been broken, they'll come forward." Ellinger has at least two other sexual assault convictions in Minnesota, according to court records. He was charged in Scott County as a juvenile in 2007 and found guilty of third-degree sexual assault for having sex with someone more than two years younger than him and with indecent exposure. In…

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- A 20-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of child molesting, according to court records.K-Chawn Price was sentenced to 9 years in prison, with 5 years suspended on one count of child molesting. He will also serve 2 years probation.Price was sentenced on Wednesday after the court accepted his plea agreement.In July 2020, the mother of a 13-year-old girl learned her daughter wasn't home at 6:30 a.m. She checked her daughter's Snapchat location and discovered she was at the Holiday Inn, reports said.The mother called police, went to the hotel and located her daughter with Price, according to the probable cause affidavit.The victim told police she met Price through friends. She said they talked online and admitted to sneaking out of the house at least once to meet him, according to reports.She said she knew Price was 19 or 20 years old and that he knew she was 13-years-old, reports said.She also admitted they had sex at least once, reports said.Price was questioned by police and admitted to having sex with the victim at least once, according to the probable cause affidavit.Price also admitted to knowing the victim was 13-years-old,…

SAN FRANCISCO — A New Jersey man arrested after authorities say he was caught posing as a teen boy online and cyberstalking a Bay Area girl after she gave him sexually explicit videos has pleaded guilty to two counts, including one that carries a minimum of five years. Barry David Goldberg was 55 last June when federal prosecutors in Northern California extradited him to the Bay Area to face the charges. He pleaded guilty to possessing child porn and to cyberstalking Wednesday afternoon. A sentencing date has not yet been set. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer confirmed Goldberg understood he faced a minimum of five years in prison before accepting the plea. Goldberg has been out of jail since June 30, 2020. According to the FBI, Goldberg — posing as Ryan — convinced a 15-year-old girl from the Bay Area to send him videos of herself “engaging in sexually explicit conduct.” FBI Special Agent Michael P. Nicholas wrote in the affidavit that “an individual” — later identified as Goldberg — then started blackmailing the girl, prompting federal authorities to open a “sextortion” investigation. “The individual eventually began to send MV long, ranting messages in which he threatened to or pretended…

No one can ever accuse Amber Portwood of being unmotivated to get what she wants. She proved that when she brought her boyfriend Dimitri Garcia to the United States on Teen Mom OG and in Season 9, they are trying to figure out how best to do the long distance thing in their relationship. Even if it might not be the best timing.Article continues below advertisementBut what most fans are wondering is how well that fares for Amber, who doesn't have the best track record when it comes to men in general. During Season 9 of Teen Mom OG, Dimitri shows a jealous streak while being away from Amber in Belgium. And it could mean long-term trouble for the pair. So, are they still together now?Source: MTVArticle continues below advertisementSo, are Amber and Dimitri still together after 'Teen Mom OG'?According to the season preview, Amber's main storyline on Teen Mom OG Season 9 involves her ongoing relationship issues with Dimitri. She even breaks up with him this season, and she's invited to live on ex Gary Shirley's land to sort of recoup and take a step back from everything. But this is Amber we're talking about. Sometimes her relationships have…

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman already has one high-profile endorsement for her potential future White House bid: Ellen DeGeneres.The daytime TV host told Gorman — who became an instant sensation after reading her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Biden's inauguration last week — that she would get behind her presidential campaign in 2036."I want to be one of the first to give you my official endorsement," DeGeneres told Gorman, the first youth poet laureate of the United States, in an interview on her Tuesday show."We're behind you 100 percent," DeGeneres added, offering up an assortment of Gorman-themed campaign gear, including pins and T-shirts.Gorman, who at 22 isn't eligible to make a White House run for another 13 years, has said it's long been a dream of hers to be elected commander in chief."This is a dream that I think came into existence around sixth grade," she told DeGeneres. "I had a math teacher who said kind of somewhat jokingly — because I was a very passionate, feisty girl, as I am today — you should run for president.""I was like, you know what? That tracks. Let's put that on the bulletin board for the future," Gorman continued..@TheAmandaGorman told me about running…

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - New information has come to light in the investigation of the White Lakes Mall fire.18-year-old Joel Sink, the teen arrested under suspicion of starting the fire, has been identified as the person in a Snapchat video of the fire being started. According to an affidavit from the Topeka Fire Department, fire investigators learned of the video through an anonymous tip.Sink has since confessed that he and two juveniles sprayed graffiti around the property and started the fire. He said they stomped the flames, but admitted there was still a small fire burning when they left.Sink is charged with arson, criminal trespass, and criminal damage to property.Copyright 2021 WIBW. All rights reserved.