Checking, not looking

A message says school is shut tomorrow. You want to settle it. To settle it is to find out the truth. Reading it four times does not help.

Looking harder may not settle it. A check brings in something the message does not have. An outside source is a person or place apart from the message.

A changed picture can look like a real one. Three checks to try:

1. Does somewhere else say it, on its own?
2. Did someone else who was there say the same?
3. Ask a grown-up you trust. Do it every time you are unsure.

A copy of the message is not another source.

To forward is to send a message on to others. Check before you forward a message. Forwarding it spreads it, true or not.

If you cannot tell, do not forward it. Ask a grown-up you trust.

Tap the moves you would try. Which settle the message?