“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense."
-Robert Green Ingersoll
Since the beginning of social networking sites came the even further downfall of common sense. Thus far in my life I've been through four years of high school, and about two months of college, and in these years I, like many of my peers have spent numerous hours on these social networking sites perusing through hundreds of pictures out of sheer boredom. As I peruse I often see pictures of the younger half of my generation with red cups, beer & liquor bottles, and more often then not I just can't help but to be frustrated.
We hear it everyday since the boom of social networking sites, we hear it from our parents, our educators and the media, to be mindful of the things we post online for the world to see. We've been told time and time again of the many people who could have access to our pages, including college admissions, and possible or future employers. And yet, all of this compelling information still does not stop this generation from posting pictures of them drinking, and playing drinking games.
I'd like to ask myself why, but that's just one question that I'll never be able to truly receive an answer to. I just ponder to myself what goes through ones head as they post a picture of them doing something illegal, such as underage drinking.
Now, I must express that my purpose here is not to condemn anyone for their actions. I'm simply here to remind this generation to use the common sense they were given, and my point simply boils down to this one thing: THINK BEFORE YOU POST! and in the end, you may save yourself a world of consequences.
-Robert Green Ingersoll
Since the beginning of social networking sites came the even further downfall of common sense. Thus far in my life I've been through four years of high school, and about two months of college, and in these years I, like many of my peers have spent numerous hours on these social networking sites perusing through hundreds of pictures out of sheer boredom. As I peruse I often see pictures of the younger half of my generation with red cups, beer & liquor bottles, and more often then not I just can't help but to be frustrated.
We hear it everyday since the boom of social networking sites, we hear it from our parents, our educators and the media, to be mindful of the things we post online for the world to see. We've been told time and time again of the many people who could have access to our pages, including college admissions, and possible or future employers. And yet, all of this compelling information still does not stop this generation from posting pictures of them drinking, and playing drinking games.
I'd like to ask myself why, but that's just one question that I'll never be able to truly receive an answer to. I just ponder to myself what goes through ones head as they post a picture of them doing something illegal, such as underage drinking.
Now, I must express that my purpose here is not to condemn anyone for their actions. I'm simply here to remind this generation to use the common sense they were given, and my point simply boils down to this one thing: THINK BEFORE YOU POST! and in the end, you may save yourself a world of consequences.
1 comment:
Unfortunatly, the vast majority of American teens has the idea that presenting themselves in such a manner is more "cool" then to appear respectable and responsible.
What may be even more sad is that teens have yet to realize the extremity of their futures.
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