Day 8 Journal, July 6, 2011

Just got my I Believe essay done and posted. What a relief to have that finally done.  It was definitely a challenge, way harder than just doing these journal blogs. I did finally figure out a way to make the MLA format work, though maybe not the way it is really supposed to be done. I even had to ask my 16 year old for help. He thinks it's funny to have to help me. Oh well, learning is learning no matter who the teacher is. So today I am going to write a bit about Facebook. I do not personally have a Facebook account and probably never will. It is just not my thing. I can see how it can have its place. For families that don't live close together, I think it could be a wonderful way of keeping in touch. Especially if you can limit who has access to what you post and what pictures can be seen. I wouldnt want total strangers to be able to see pictures of me and my family. Too many weirdos and perverts out there for that. For our military families, this can also be a great tool for maintaining contact. Teenagers also love Facebook. Of course, they are extremely focused on themselves and what all their friends are doing. In my day, you just tied up the phone line if you were lucky enough to have your own phone line. Now they text all day long and Facebook the really important stuff, like what they are doing every minute of the day. I do think that a lot of what is posted is a bunch of bologna by people who think they are way more important than they really are. Here is something I find really funny. My brother in law and his wife both have seperate Facebook accounts. They will frequently post things to each other on the other ones account. The really funny part about this is that while they are Facebooking each other they are sitting in the same room!. I think that speaks volumes about what all this technology has done to basic interpersonal communication  skills. People  in the same room communicating via electronic device instead of just talking. I also don't get this whole thing about friending everybody and Liking everyone. How can be a friend of someone or like someone you dont even know? It has also become the latest slick advertising tool. Every company out there now seems to have a site on Facebook. I guess I'm just a bit old fashioned that way. Oh well. to each his own. Time  to go, running out of words to say after writing that essay.