Class Promt #1

Being part of the "in crowd" used to be of upmost importance to me. I belive that everyone all ways wanted to be considered the "popular kid" in school. I also always wanted to be one of those students. I believe that at those times its when we're in the process finding our selves. Normally, thats harder to do when your in grade school, when your constanly reminded of things you didn't have and thus possibly outcasted your self. I think everyone wants in some way or another strive to be at least socially accepted. Just being able to be part of the mix not a stand alone ingredient works fine with most. Once we venture to college theres still that want to be social accepted but I believe that alot of us by this time know who we are and where we fit in. So being a part of the "in crowd" isn't much of a priority anymore.

FTF(Face the Facebook)

The article I chose to write about is Facing the Facebook. The reason I chose to respond to this article is because I disagreed with the points that were made by the author. The author thinks of Facebook as what could be a distraction in the classroom which in a way I can understand. However, regardless if a student is on Facebook or not in a classroom does not mean that they will pay attention in the first place. There are other ways in which students can be distracted if they don't want to pay attention. People have always found ways to distract themselves, whether it's during a boring lecture of teacher or the observations of assemblies. If students put a magazine between the pages of a book, draw, pass notes or even sleep, they are all ways in which we pass the time. By preventing or banning Facebook or any use of technology, it doesn't stop our natural tendency to want to entertain ourselves. You can never make anyone pay attention to anything and thus we will always find other ways in which to entertain ourselves, maybe it's just that technology of today's world is just making that job a little easier. The author writes about the misuse of this technology on campus and in the classroom. I completely understand his view points on any use of technology in the classroom, it's the use of it on campus I do not understand. I feel as if on a college campus we are told that we are adults and we will be treated as such. I feel that the laws they are trying to place surrounding the issues seems to take us back to being high school students once again. College is suppose to be designed where it gives us glimpses of what the real world is supposed to be like, and allows us more freedom to venture into that world. By placing rules saying what an "adult" can or cannot post on his/her page and using any content on his/her page against them is unethical. Also by banning Facebook or any other social network on a college campus is like putting us in the mind set of a high school student, which is what they say they are trying to change in the first place. They allow us to live and be on our own but yet they ban social networks on the Internet, now does that make sense?