What I See In Social Media

Hi you guys. I'm a high school student, so i get to see trends, how kids act now a days, and who's "cool" and who's not. One of the main things I see and hear about though, is social media. Social media has such a huge impact on our society and I see it all throughout school each and every day. Most adults just look at it and think it's all just a game and that it's just a phase that only kids have because "It's just our society," but in actuality, social media can really make or break a person at times. In school I always see kids being bullied about what they heard about them on instagram or snapchat etc. Yeah they may laugh it off, but we don't really know what that person is feeling about being made fun of because of an app. Kids in my school have went viral from negative behaviors and could never live it down, all because of Twitter. I remember a certain girl got into a fight at school and she really hurt the other girl. Not only that, but she used an object to beat her with. From then on, they called her a man because of how strong she looked in a video. Kids were calling her that to her face and really made her feel ugly and horrible. I also remember a family friend of mine actually got into a altercation with this boy and she ended up pouring a drink on him. He got pay back by pushing her into the ground and all the kids were laughing at her for weeks because it got thousands of Retweets on Twitter. Her mother even stressed how embarrassed she was to see her daughter get so much attention from something so negative. Remember you guys, this is ONLY in my school. That's only ONE small place in the world. Imagine what kids are going through EVERYWHERE. It's probably not pretty. But don't get me wrong, I use social media and I'm nowhere near 100% against it, but sometimes we overlook the power it really has. The most precious little person ever could speak to a 50 year old rapist online disguised as a teenager, so we definitely should be more mindful of it. But on the flip side, I do believe social media is good for connections and speaking to people about ideas and even showing off your talent. There are people right now, making a living on social media, all because people enjoy what they post. Social media has created a great number of jobs for people. Some people even spread positivity and motivational substance. It can be used for so many good things and I do believe that it is to a certain degree, but it's just so many kids who take it really serious and believe that it's their lives and nothing else in the world matters. I'm a fan of social media myself, but even as a high school student, I believe we need to fix some things.