Hi all, here is an idea I have been thinking about since last week. It is about social media. I have been thinking about social media and it's influence on us. Don't get me wrong- I could not survive without social media. Yet sometimes I find it too frivolous. So here is what I wrote. I hope to develop this into a larger essay.
I am a social media consumer.
I get a lot info about products, trends, fashion, and dances from social media as well as inspiration.
It influences and inspires me.
Because of social media I know about the products in other people's Sephora haul and Ulta haul.
Because of social media I know the latest trending dances and music.
Because of social media I know the available drinks in Starbucks.
I also get lots of life lessons from social media too.
Social media draws us into lighthearted, humourous, and positive vibes.
But sometimes it borders on frivolity.
Does it really reflect the the real life of a school student or a college student?
A high school student may have to write a reflective essay on the serenity of nature? Or spend hours solving a set of math problems.
In classrooms across us and the rest of the world students may be trying to understand post modern poetry or the lyricism in 18th century British literature yet social media veers us toward the latest trending drink offered on the Starbucks menu.
I don't know if it is because of the social media I consume which is full of Sephora hauls, grwms, squishy hauls, needoh hauls, Starbucks drinks, trips to five below and Target.
Social media inspires and influences but does it reflect how much a high school student has to study.
Does it prepare the high school student to write that all important essay for college admission?
