Social Networking Debate

I believe that social networking is mostly beneficial to use because you can get help from others and you get to know or learn new stuff. Yes, much time is wasted in social networking, but some of the time is used usefully. This is mainly based from Facebook since it is the most popular social networking site.

One way social networking is beneficial is you find out about current events or things that have happened around the community. This is helpful or beneficial because you get informed from what is happening around you. This would alarm you to try and stay safe if something bad has happened around you. This would also tell you about events you would like to attend some time. Here is a quote that states about posts,

More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.

This quote or static means a few things. This means that there are tons of new stories or current events published onto social networking sites. You can learn what has happened in different places. From the US, Germany, Italy, and so on. Also a few people link their blogs on Facebook so they can know about a few different things. This gives you many options to learn or know about.

Another way social networking is beneficial is you can get help from other people, friends. Sometimes people do not have each others numbers, what do you do. You add them on Facebook and ask them for help. I believe that help from Facebook or any social networking site is better than texting because it is more faster.

One supposed goal for Facebook is to unite the world as stated here,

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.

This quote states that the goal  for Facebook is to simply let people connect and share stuff each other. It also says "make the world more open" which I believe means as more tolerant or helpful. This goal seems like it has been reached because many many people have a Facebook. Many people stay connected and share stuff through Facebook. I also believe that the world could stay connected with each other because you can learn and talk to other people around the world.

Here is a bunch of facebook statistics. These statistics are about many things.

Response to Shiyun

I found this quote from Shiyun Yang blog that was interesting. I thought this quote was interesting because it was about school and stress. Here is the following quote.

Most high school students are pressured to get the best grades in the class and get accepted into the best colleges. They would spent most of their time studying and reading most of the time. Studying is good, but too much of it can make you very stressful. We need to take a break sometimes and just let our selfs relax and do things that we enjoy; even hanging out with our family and friend. We should enjoy the time that we have until we become adults. We should reserve some time to have some fun and laugh with friends. Still if we have too much fun, its also not so good. We should average out our lives and not do more of one thing.

I really agree with this quote. Many people try too hard too keep up with their grades, which is not bad. But if you push yourself too far or past the limit, you need to chill. Stress is not the best feeling, maybe even one of the worst feelings. During stress it feels like you can not do anything. Stress comes with plenty of headaches. It really is not that necessary to push yourself until breaking point. Sometimes you need to just chill, hang out, and let loose. On the contrary from stress, letting loose is if not the best feeling ever, at least for me.

All assignments do not have to be done. Now I am not saying to not do your homework. Do your homework as much s you can, but sometimes you get tired and need a break. Sometimes I just do not do the assignments because I am tired or stressed. While you are stressed, the quality of your would not be good, so why do it. Also it is not always about work, you need some fun. Hang out with friends, they may help you in some assignment later on.

 That is all I would like to say. For more info. go to... wow I am bored, anyways now I will go to sleep and enjoy my three day weekend,yes!!!!

Elite Colleges

There are elite colleges, and then there are the other colleges. Many people think of colleges as this. I believe that most or maybe even all colleges are the same. They may have their differences but have many things that are similar. Different colleges offer different courses or degrees that other colleges may not have. For example, a college in Michigan might offer a farming course, while Harvard does not have that course. It all depends on the person. Anyone can do well as long as they try and use their time wisely.

I read all the debate posts, and I liked some more then others. In particular I liked and agreed with Martha (Marty) O'Conell post of What You Do vs. Where You Go. She had very convincing points. I agreed with most of what she believes. In summary, she believes that it does not matter where you attend college.  Here is a quote from her post.

The key to success in college and beyond has more to do with what students do with their time during college than where they choose to attend.

I agree with her. You will get the same education from any college as long as you choose to use your time wisely. If you go to Harvard or some other elite college, and you do not use your time wisely, well of course you would not learn. Same thing goes with any other college, as long as you try in a college you will get the same thing out of it as an elite college.

Researchers found that students who applied to several elite schools but didn't attend them -- either because of rejection or by their own choice -- are more likely to earn high incomes later than students who actually attended elite schools

Here she puts in evidence that some people do well even if they did not go to an elite school. Everyone can have a successful or happy life, it just depends on what they want to do.

Some debate posts on elite colleges were not convincing. One example of this was Luis Fuentes-Rohwer post of Merit and Race. He did not convince me. In summary, he believes it does matter of what college you go to. Here is a quote from his post.

Attendance at elite colleges and universities has a positive effect on the likelihood that a student will graduate; on future earnings; on the likelihood that a student will attend graduate school; and even to lower divorce rates and better health.

 Even though this information might be true, it could also be true for any other college. It all depends on the student. I believe that everything is on the student whether he or she tries and uses his time wisely.

Dance Dance

Many people like to dance, and some do not. Some dance just at parties and for fun. Other people practice certain types of dances.

There are many types of dances. There is C-Walking, Turfing, Popping, Breakdancing (B-boying), Giggin, Locking, Bone Breaking, Jerking, and so on. There are so many styles and types of dances out there, but these are the main ones that I hear about. Many people, and I mean many people do these dances. At times, these dances are considered "dead" or that they are "dying out". This means that it is like out of style or old. Most of these dances come with a certain slang or "uniform" (style of clothes). What all of these dances can agree with is the ultimate way of dancing, "killing the beat". This means like dancing with the beat or doing moves with the music.

At times I think that there are too many people doing a certain type of dance. Some just do it because their friends do it, or because it is popular. But if they like to dance it, go ahead and do it. One dance that has been popular in Oakland or the Bay Area is turfing. I personally like this dance. I like this one because it like incorporates Popping, Locking, Giggin, Bone Breaking, and moves from B-boying. This makes the dance more different or similar by the way you see it. It makes it different by being able to do many different moves instead of the same ones. It makes it similar because it comes from old types of dances and combines them. One dance that amuses me and almost every person is Breakdancing (B-boying). Some people consider this not a dance, but it is. This type of dance has many styles within the dance. Many people are amused from this dance because it involves somewhat acrobatic moves.

I like most types of dances, but others do not catch my attention. One type of dance that I never really got into was Jerking. Now before you get mad, I am not hating on Jerking. Since no one around me where I live "Jerked", I never got into it.  Jerking to me is all the same moves or tricks. I understand sometimes you can or have to do the same moves, but Jerking is all about continuously doing the same moves. What I did not like about the Jerking movement was that most people thought that they brought back skinny jeans and bright color. No, skinny jeans were being worn before the jerking movement, in particular skaters were wearing skinny jeans. From what I know of is that everyone once in a while likes to wear bright colors, so how could the Jerking movement have brought that back when it was still alive.