End of The Road

So our Media Studies class is coming to an end. I cant believe I'm actually going to say this but I actually enjoyed this class (on the days I came). We learned many important things about the media that I'm sure I will use in the future. Like to be careful what I put on the internet because we never know who is looking at it, and to make sure I censor the things I do put on. I also learned that the media is a huge impact on our lives. Like I already knew that I just didn't realize how much it actually impacts us. This class showed me that I don't want technology to take me over and I want to have my own thoughts on things not just go by what the media has to say. I want to think what I want to think not what the media tells me to believe.
For the most part I have really enjoyed this class and I'm glad I took it and I couldn't have asked for a better teacher !

Water Balloon Fight

So at SRHS we have a tradition of having a water balloon fight on the last day of classes ! We all get about 200-300 water balloons each and head out and completely destroy one another. It is a great time but recently we have been having to have it in the park which I think isn't fair. It was way more fun when we used to have it in the parking lot and honestly I think it is more safe. All of those empty balloons are just going to be sitting in the park waiting for a dog to come by and eat one and choke on it ! It would be way more reasonable to have the balloon fight in the parking lot if you ask me ! The other grades ruined it for our grades and now we are all being punished for their mistakes.

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No Time

Now that my high school career is almost over I feel like I haven't lived it to the fullest and it saddens me.. a couple things I wish I would have done more:

1. Worked harder in class: This would have been a big one. I know I can do it if I put my mind to it I just have trouble being motivated to do it.

2. Get more involved: I wish I would have participated more in school activities then I did or joined different groups.

3. Join more sports teams: I played on the Softball team all through high school but I really should have tried out for Hockey and I would have also liked to have played Rugby or Field Hockey

4. Be in one of the schools theater productions: I would have loved to been a part of this but I haven't really ever done anything like it

5.Not jigged as much: I now realize how little time we spend in school and how fast it goes by and I wish I never just threw it all away

6. Got to know more people: I would say I know a majority of the people, but I tend to stick to just my one click and I wish I would have had an open mind to other peoples clicks


I'm sure there are plenty more things I wish I could redo but the truth is there is no time left so I'm just left here wishing.

Censorship

Okay this is a big issue if you ask me. People need to learn what to put on Facebook and what not to put on. Some of the things I see on Facebook are just completely inappropriate when it comes to being in public. I feel embarrassed for a lot of the people that put ridiculous photos or messages all of Facebook. We don't want to see you and your boyfriend making out, and we really don't need to see your cleavage girl, put it away ! Sometimes I'll be scrolling down my newsfeed and see more cleavage then I would if I walked into a strip club !
Another issue is the swearing and inappropriate language that is all over Facebook for everyone to see.. like do you not have family on your friends list? Many of the things I see on Twitter I'm sure they wouldn't want their family seeing so why put it on. Also I'm always thinking to myself, do you not feel awkward, or do you not feel bad about this? All I know is that people need to learn to censor their media.. please..

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The Way People Interact

It seems that ever since we have all got in over our heads with social media it is changing the way people interact. Before our time people used to have to go up to people and talk to them face to face, then it turned into phone calls(which was still bad, but not as bad) nowadays we all just text to have a conversation. It makes our generation feel tough through text but when it comes to face to face we are all cowards. A lot of people have a hard time with looking people in the eyes while they are talking to them and I feel that is a huge part of the way we communicate now because we aren't used to talking face to face as much as over text. And we all tend to sit there and text one another when were right beside each other or write to each other on twitter and such.
Another thought is the words people use now that they get off of the television, such as quotes famous people say that people think are funny so it catches on in everyday lingo. We don't sound as intelligent as we could all due to the fact of what we hear on tv that makes us repeat it.  My personal opinion is we all sound like idiots, but that's but me.

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Life After This?

So is it bad that I still have no idea what I'm going to do with my life after high school. I've never really given it much thought and now the time is almost here and I'm going to end up rushing into something that I'm not interested in.. I don't want to go off to school and waste a bunch of money on something I know I'm not going to want to do for the rest of my life but on the other hand I don't want to take a year off and sit around here while all of my friends are off at University or Collage. I should have just accepted my offer to Toronto and went there but I didn't want to go alone and now I'm afraid its to late.. at least there I would have been doing something I know that I'm interested in. Ughh life is so hard and I haven't even go out of school yet ! I never thought I would say this but I wish I could just stay in high school forever!

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Social Networking and Privacy

I used to think that what we put on the internet was private but as I recently found out anything can be found. No matter what the privacy setting is on a network there is probably always a way for people to see your stuff. On Facebook you can make it so only your friends can see your profile but as I recently found out in class that the adds that you see on you Facebook page pop up because of what "interests" you which is kinda freaky. If you change your relationship status to in a relationship your adds are now about marriage, but if you change your relationship status to married your adds are now about divorce ! Kinda funny when you think about it ! Also on twitter anyone can search you up which is freaky. Same thing as on Instagram, anyone can see your pictures if they search the right thing. All I'm saying is these social networks don't seem to have as big as privacy policy as we think they do.

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Ask.fm

In class we had to make rants about a social problem that has been occurring and me and my partner decided to do ours on the social networking site Ask.fm. For anyone who doesn't know, Ask.fm is a site that allows you to ask people questions without them knowing that it is you.
I recently checked out the site and saw all of the rude and just down right terrible things that people say to each other on that site and I Just don't understand the reasoning as to why you would want to be on a site like that that someone can just tell you off and you not know who it is. People get told to kill their selves and everything else on that site and it leads to deaths and people harming themselves  so please answer this question for me.. why would you go on the site !?

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