The 'DMHO' Water

    This morning in my English 1 class, my classmates and I received an instruction to visit a website called www.dmho.org. This page is all about the harmful chemical known as DHMO (Dihydrogen Monoxide). I clicked on one of the side bars that was titled as 'Editorial: Truth About DMHO'. It automatically sent me to a page where I learned some important informations about DMHO: Dihydrogen Monoxide is killing uncounted thousands of people, it is used in the production of foods, also contributes to the Greenhouse Affect, its impact on wildlife is extreme, and it has been found in cancer patients. And, the practice of companies dumping DMHO waste into lakes, rivers, and oceans is still legal!

    As I read through the information provided by the website, I questioned why there's barely any action of response taken by the government to the use of this harmful chemical. My thoughts began to fill up with curiosity. Soon, after most of us (students) finished reading, we were given a topic of discussion on what it does, how we feel toward this chemical, and what we think should be done. I definitely felt that the use of this chemical should be illegal. When we finally posted all our discussions on Schoology (one of the tools our school is using), the truth was revealed to us by Ms.Bacon (English 1 instructor): Dihydrogen Monoxide is simply water.

    Wow! How stupid, cheated, and shameful I feel during that moment? I was very ashamed. I thought about how horrible of a person to create a website or a webpage like that, and make it accessible to the public on the Internet. I started to blame my faults on the creator of the unreliable resource page. No matter  who I tried to blame, the fault is on me.

      I have learned from this experience that there are many legitimate websites on the Internet that seems real. However, they might contain false information. You never know if the resource is truly reliable. To find out if the information is accurate, you can do multiples researches online and look at the authors of the articles (etc.). If the different websites agree to, or include the same facts, then the information is more likely to be accurate and useful. The digital world is not always completely reliable. So, it's very very important to be extra-careful on how you use it. Avoid plagiarism.