I Entry: Apr. 26
It is apparent that as social websites grow in popularity everyday, teenagers (in their usual reckless ways) as well as young adults show less consideration towards the content they choose to publish on the internet with their name attached. Now that the world has caught up with the computer generation, your name and its associations can get you into much more trouble than in the past. The idea that colleges, business executives, and future employers know how to use technology in order to find out more about their applicants has yet to catch up with the younger generation. Of course, one can not expect a teenager who has not yet learned from obvious mistakes to refrain from using bad judgment in their earlier years. It is my suggestion that teenagers live out their lives to the fullest: have fun, stay as safe as possible, make bad decisions with the knowledge of their consequences, and overall learn responsibility now rather than later in order to become a genuinely decent adult. However, I would advise that it is best to keep your skeletons in your closet rather than internet social sites. Have that first illegal sip of alcohol, go to your first notorious party, participate in behaviors you’ll regret the next day, but do so in a private matter which you keep outside of the cyber world. The picture of you getting rolled the night before isn’t that flattering, anyway!
