Exactly. It's just asking for identy theft. Hey world, here's my life for any and all to use as they wish.
Something else I'm seeing is that young people are using FB and texting as a way of NOT communicating. They can't commit to a long conversation anymore. They can't be anywhere without texting so they aren't interacting with where they are or who they're with at the moment. All they know is a few quick keystrokes. Nothing emotional. Nothing face to face. Nothing invested.
I refuse to risk my career and personal relationships over this stupid website...
I’ll second that! As a high school teacher, I have to be ever vigilant about my identity and reputation. Why would I want to put myself out there on FB for high school students to post rude comments or my employer to misinterpret something I write that could cost me my job? There have already been a number of teacher firings over FB and other social network postings.
I tell my college age daughter constantly to be ever vigilant about her FB pages - I understand one of the first things prospective employers do is look through a prospective employee’s FB page and postings. Remember the IDIOT in the police academy who posted topless pictures of herself? Ended her career on the spot.
You can’t imagine how texting has changed classroom behavior! Kids text any/all day, as much as they can get away with, sneak it under their desks so I can’t see. I HATE playing the roll of policeman and confiscating cell phones but I have to when kids are told repeatedly to put the **** phone away. My son’s friend had his SAT test declared null and void after he pulled out a cell phone AFTER his test was turned in — didn’t matter, the rule is NO cell phones around standardized tests.
Now, I tell kids who won’t stop with the cell phones to go and sit in the lunch area and text to their heart’s content so I can spend time teaching rather than taking valuable classroom time screeching away about putting cell phones away.
Also, in kid’s compositions I’m seeing things like U for you, g/f, b/f (girl friend, boy friend), KK (for OK) and, of course OMG and other Internet acronyms that I’ve told students repeatedly NOT TO USE (to little/no avail). Wait until employers see them all over job applications.
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