Because Grammar Isn't the Deciding Factor, Facebook is!
So they're these flyers for a meeting thing about facebook... there is apparently an increasing concern that facebook may influence college admissions decisions? You know, like with myspace, and xanga, and other forms of stalker-friendly websites. Anyways, the main issue is whether these sites affect college admissions.
So I'm walking around school and these flyers are like "Can Facebook Effect College Admissions?" I first looked at it, and then instantaneously took a double-take. And then I started laughing. And somehow I think to myself "I don't think facebook is the main issue here, I believe its the degradation of student's grammatical abilities." Seriously, if one can't differentiate between effect and affect.... colleges will probably not like that, facebook or not.
It's like, so many kids are worried about how facebook will affect this or myspace will affect that. You have to remember, though, that there probably is some relationship to kids that spend their entire lives on facebook and lack of studying. I mean, if you lack the motivation to study and want to be on facebook, be my guest. But its the fact that you post revealing pictures of yourself on your site with you either doing illegal stuff or disgusting stuff that may hurt you. To some, facebook would never hurt them. Because those kids don't get into situations that could be potentially dangerous for them. Facebook in itself is not actually a bad idea, its just that the information kids choose to reveal about themselves via facebook that actually hurts. And obviously, if you have the guts to show that world that's who you really are, then why shouldn't college admissions look into that to? Are they the select few that shouldn't see that you like to drink underage at house parties on the weekend? Why not? They are, evaluating you as a person and should be entitled the information about you, especially infomation that YOU took the libertly to post about yourself! If you have absolutely nothing to hide from colleges, then you would have nothing to be afraid of. Colleges are supposed to accept you for who you are right? So why do you care if colleges take the intiative to find a little bit more about you? It's not their fault that they want to know more about the people that they accept. What you do reflects who you are, and colleges or not, I don't think you would change who you are because of it.
To a certain point, however, I'm sure that are other extraneous factors in addtion to these websites. I mean, the expectations of Great Neck North parents are that "my kid is going to Harvard/Princeton/Yale and no one is going to tell me otherwise." Seriously, some parents just need to understand- a kid witha 1800 SAT score and a 85 gpa is probably not going to get into IVY league schools. I don't know. Just a hunch.... I mean my point is that parents have unrealistic expectations for their kids. Don't they want their kids to simply be happy a college where they'd be able to academically challenge themselves and enjoy the next four years of life? The reason the top schools ARE, in fact, the top schools, is because the kids that go there are simply brilliant. It happens that the college admissions recognizes talent and intelligence when they see it - so sue them. Getting into Harvard doesn't guarantee you a $70,000 job offer after college. If you kid is a lazy bum, he will always be a lazy bum. It doens't matter what college that person goes to - they might as well go to a more reasonable college that fits them, rather than go to an unreasonably difficult college that they cannot handle. I mean, people really have to recognize their limitations. I'm sure that going to a good college and being successful is somewhat related, but honestly, when it comes down to it, its the individual's work ethic and attitude that ultimately determines his or her success.
So, in order to sum this up without an excessively redundant PTSA meeting, I'm here to affirm that there are some more vital factors that are considered that are (*gasp*) more important than facebook.
So I'm walking around school and these flyers are like "Can Facebook Effect College Admissions?" I first looked at it, and then instantaneously took a double-take. And then I started laughing. And somehow I think to myself "I don't think facebook is the main issue here, I believe its the degradation of student's grammatical abilities." Seriously, if one can't differentiate between effect and affect.... colleges will probably not like that, facebook or not.
It's like, so many kids are worried about how facebook will affect this or myspace will affect that. You have to remember, though, that there probably is some relationship to kids that spend their entire lives on facebook and lack of studying. I mean, if you lack the motivation to study and want to be on facebook, be my guest. But its the fact that you post revealing pictures of yourself on your site with you either doing illegal stuff or disgusting stuff that may hurt you. To some, facebook would never hurt them. Because those kids don't get into situations that could be potentially dangerous for them. Facebook in itself is not actually a bad idea, its just that the information kids choose to reveal about themselves via facebook that actually hurts. And obviously, if you have the guts to show that world that's who you really are, then why shouldn't college admissions look into that to? Are they the select few that shouldn't see that you like to drink underage at house parties on the weekend? Why not? They are, evaluating you as a person and should be entitled the information about you, especially infomation that YOU took the libertly to post about yourself! If you have absolutely nothing to hide from colleges, then you would have nothing to be afraid of. Colleges are supposed to accept you for who you are right? So why do you care if colleges take the intiative to find a little bit more about you? It's not their fault that they want to know more about the people that they accept. What you do reflects who you are, and colleges or not, I don't think you would change who you are because of it.
To a certain point, however, I'm sure that are other extraneous factors in addtion to these websites. I mean, the expectations of Great Neck North parents are that "my kid is going to Harvard/Princeton/Yale and no one is going to tell me otherwise." Seriously, some parents just need to understand- a kid witha 1800 SAT score and a 85 gpa is probably not going to get into IVY league schools. I don't know. Just a hunch.... I mean my point is that parents have unrealistic expectations for their kids. Don't they want their kids to simply be happy a college where they'd be able to academically challenge themselves and enjoy the next four years of life? The reason the top schools ARE, in fact, the top schools, is because the kids that go there are simply brilliant. It happens that the college admissions recognizes talent and intelligence when they see it - so sue them. Getting into Harvard doesn't guarantee you a $70,000 job offer after college. If you kid is a lazy bum, he will always be a lazy bum. It doens't matter what college that person goes to - they might as well go to a more reasonable college that fits them, rather than go to an unreasonably difficult college that they cannot handle. I mean, people really have to recognize their limitations. I'm sure that going to a good college and being successful is somewhat related, but honestly, when it comes down to it, its the individual's work ethic and attitude that ultimately determines his or her success.
So, in order to sum this up without an excessively redundant PTSA meeting, I'm here to affirm that there are some more vital factors that are considered that are (*gasp*) more important than facebook.