The Facebook Generation

As a novice teacher, nothing is more unsettling than being friended on Facebook by a bunch of your 10-year-old students. Actually, that’s not true. Being confronted by said children the next day at school demanding to know why you’re dissing them by not accepting the Facebook request, is a tad more awkward.

Now, I’m only 24 and I consider myself to be fairly “with it.” (Crap I think I just proved myself wrong by using that phrase.) However, the more time I spent with these students, the more I realize that the notion of childhood is drastically different than it was 10 years ago. “How so?” you might ask. Example number one:

(REAL conversation)

Me: When I was in 5^th grade, we didn’t have cell phones or Facebook. Even gaming consoles were different, I got my Nintendo 64 when I was in 4^th grade and that was a big deal.

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Posers

I can’t imagine what life was like before Facebook.  I struggle to rap my head around the fact that, in the not so distant past, the only way someone could find out that you were having dinner at the Olive Garden was by calling your home phone, leaving a message, and then getting a call back from you telling them you just got back from the Olive Garden and just got their message.  Now, on Facebook, you can tell everyone when you are leaving for the Olive Garden, when you get there and what you are eating. Oh yea, and I can see pictures too, if you post them.

Pictures have taken on a whole new life since the advent of Facebook.  I imagine if I were to go back in time and speak to my dad 20 years ago and ask him, “Would you be interested in having a friend of yours come over and show you a photo album of their vacation?” his answer would have been a resounding, “Hell no!”  Now?  My dad (along with everyone else in the world) is looking at pictures, commenting, sharing and linking.  It’s changed the way we take pictures.  Back in the day, you could look like a fool in a picture because there was a chance that you would be the only one ever to see it.  Now, you have to scrutinize every pose and approve every picture before they are posted online for the world to see.

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A Hard Piece of Wood

We'd like to introduce our newest contributor to Walk In Radio, Gordon K. Wood. Gordon is an alias for a writer who chooses to remain hidden behind the veil of a pen name. From time to time, Mr. Wood will break out his soap box in a series we like to call: A Hard Piece of Wood. Enjoy.

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It's a Wonderful Time of the Year

Facebook has severely lowered men’s production at work. How could it not, every girl you’ve ever had a conversation with and thus, fantasized about, has a collection of pictures where she is sticking her ass out and turning her head over shoulder while making a kissy face. Mr. Johnson wants the report on his desk by 3pm? Is he aware that Sally Slutbag just posted a picture of her in a very compromising position? This is gonna take up my entire afternoon. I might not even get a lunch break!

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