--- title: Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In the class group chat in Vancouver someone posted a silly photo of Daniel mid-sneeze. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Mean messages, fake ages and sharing p… # Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos Lesson 363 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/0/) — In the class group chat in Vancouver someone posted a silly photo of Daniel mid-sneeze. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/1/) — Zack did not post it — he only added three crying-laughing faces like everyone else. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/2/) — Daniel saw the chat that night and cried; his mum told the school, and the teacher talked to the whole class. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/3/) — Zack felt sick, because he knew his laughs had been part of it. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/4/) — He said sorry to Daniel face to face and left the chat when it turned mean again. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/5/) — Ellie played her game for hours instead of doing homework. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/6/) — The first week the teacher did not collect it, and Ellie thought «easy». - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/7/) — The second week she copied answers on the bus. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/8/) — The third week the teacher sent a note home, and then asked Mum and Dad to come in. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/9/) — After the meeting there was a row, the game was gone for a week, and Ellie did not speak to Mum all evening. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/10/) — The next day she said sorry, and they set a timer: homework first, then games. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/11/) — Online, it is easy to think small things do not count — one emoji, one fake name, one password passed on. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/12/) — But laughing along is joining in, pretending to be someone else can fool and hurt people, and a password shared lets a stranger act as your friend. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/13/) — Consequences differ: sometimes nothing, sometimes a note home, sometimes parents called to school. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/14/) — That it went fine before does not mean it will again — or that it was ever right. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/15/) — Adding a laughing emoji to a mean post is joining in, not just watching. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/16/) — A child who is laughed at online often feels it everywhere, because the phone comes home with them. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/17/) — Downloading games or apps without asking can cost money or bring in harmful software. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/18/) — Pretending to be someone else online can fool and upset real people. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/19/) — Chain messages that say something bad will happen if you do not pass them on are untrue, but they can scare younger children. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/20/) — Taking and sharing a photo of someone without asking, including a teacher, can get you into serious trouble at school, such as being sent to the head teacher. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/21/) — A password is private; giving a friend's password to someone else lets them pretend to be your friend. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/22/) — Using a parent's account to buy something without asking is taking their money. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/23/) — When parents are called to school, it is to solve a problem together, not to shame the child. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/363-group-chat-laughs-fake-profiles-passwords-and-game-skins/24/) — Leaving a chat that has turned mean, or telling an adult, is a brave and sensible choice. - ← previous: [Spending money online without asking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes/) - next →: [Giggles, skipping and the collection plate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)