Найти вот этот текст once upon a time, a personal diary was something you kept hidden away. was where you wrote down your most private thoughts and feelings, knowing that no one else would read it. then along came the internet, and now the idea of a private diary seems old-fashioned. these days many teenagers write diaries just for other people to read. in the us alone, one in five teenagers has their own web page. their sites are filled with stories, poems, pictures and, of course, diaries. many teenagers like writing online diaries because they feel free to write anything. in real life, you can't always say what you think,' says mandy, an eighteen-year-old from california on the internet, you can express yourself more freely.' fans of mandy's site log on to find out what she's been up to, what she's wearing and how she feels. she gets around two hundred e-mails a day from people who read her online diary. "the best part is getting to meet people who like the same things l do, and getting e-mails from people who like what i'm doing she says er, some people are not sure that online are a good idea. teenagers need to be what they write on a website," says chadwick, patricia is a mother of three,
