iPhone crazy!

  I am not the type of person who requires top of the line electronics, but I still do require an electronic to help me get through the day. I still possess an iPhone 4 and do not feel the need to switch to an iPhone 5 anytime soon as these phones seem to do similar jobs. The iPhone 4 may not have panorama, or a 13-pixel camera but I believe that these are assets that you can live without.         

 Apples bank of material will be released overtime I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve seen recent products and they never fail to impress people all over the world as well as myself.         
     
I believe that the iPhone 5 will improve significantly over the years. The iPhone set the standards for all phones as was one the first phones to possess a front camera, a camera, a touch screen and many more.  In the upcoming iPhones I would love to see a GPS that doesn't require data, a small keyboard connected to the iPhone as typing on an iPhone becomes relatively tedious, infinite battery power, and all the common iPhone glitches be fixed.

Twitter trouble

  The comments Khadijah made on her teacher were extremely inappropriate. Who really cares if all the teacher ate were fish sticks and often made remarks about Star Trek. Students are really only supposed to care about their teachers’ life at school and should not have to worry about what their teachers do outside of school.

        I do indeed feel as if this punishment was relevant and appropriate. The information harmed and hurt someone who was part of the school board and the board is there to protect anyone in harm. It also taught students they are not free to talk about anyone associated with the school board in a negative manner as it will result in a punishment like this.

        Social media networking should be used to expresses positive statements. Any negative statements should be kept to yourself instead of being shared with other individuals. Information that was shared on twitter about a teacher who should be an incredibly respected figure to you should be kept to yourself.

Hey! You can't wear that!

  The petition Micheal Jeffries has created to cancel Abercrombie & Fitch's line of extra large clothing sizes is extremely unfair on many terms. A clothing size does not determine who you are or what you are capable of; it is nothing more but a number that determines what size of clothing you will wear. This petition discriminates against thousands of teens who are highly offended by many of Micheal Jeffries speculations. "In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids, candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-american kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don't belong in our clothes, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely. - Mike Jeffries."  

   This is not fair at all to the teens who wish to wear the clothing but aren't the ideal "Mike Jeffries size." 30.4% of teens in American struggle with weight loss issues and for Mike Jeffries to address this ongoing issue like he did was extremely inappropriate. Clothing is a way for people to express themselves, it does not determine how cool you are. If someone chooses to wear Abercrombie and Fitch to sport the "preppy" look, let them, wearing Abercrombie and Fitch does not automatically make you cool (unless you are in grade 6).

    This scandal highly contributes to society's already biased perception of what beauty truly is. Magazines give the models layers and layers of make-up and are also heavily edited on Photoshop.  This gives teens girls unrealistic views of what they should really look like. Teen girls may begin to possess negative thoughts about their looks and this may lead to eating disorders.  

On Twitter and a Prayer

    I think it’s a great idea that the Pope has created a new twitter account in attempts to reach out to the youth. The youth’s attention to the Catholic Church is constantly decreasing due to immense distractions in our society- one of them being social networking. Social networking is an incredibly addictive and entertaining asset our society possesses with over 10 billion users and majority of them being teenagers. Since teenagers do not normally pay attention to the news or the newspaper, they can follow up with the Pope’s new happenings through twitter.

            As can be seen, this can be extremely beneficial to our faith. The youth is a large percentage of our catholic community so it is extremely vital that they are able to participate and keep updated about the church/pope’s latest happening on a site there are familiar and comfortable with. The only disadvantages that this may possess are the “haters/cyber-bullies.” Having our own Pope on twitter will give critics more reasons to criticize our faith. Some cyber-bullies or Anti-Christ supporters will be able to determine who the Catholics are and even go to the extent of sending horrible messages to the Pope’s followers.

            My parish does not take part in the social media world as we still continue to use printed out newsletters, and verbal information. However, I do have friends that attend parishes who have Facebook groups so that the regulars who attend that particular parish are able to keep up with frequent updates and even mass times.

            There are several other ways that will encourage the youth to get more involved in the Church. We can attend Church’s that give messages that interest people and are relevant to our actions today (I admit at times I fall asleep in Church, due to the long messages that are difficult to understand). We can also have our Churches use social media networking sites as teens are online majority of the time. Lastly, we can help our children attend camps that involve the message of God but are also allow you to participate in enticing activities such as canoeing or hiking.

I follow Pope Francis on twitter! 

Social Networking!

        I am indeed part of several social media networks; including: twitter, and instagram. I feel like it is entertaining to keep up with your friends, celebrities, and even new interesting people all over the world. I have checked my privacy settings lately and all my accounts are private and can only be viewed by request (I normally accept only friends).

       On Instagram they have an asset called, “photo maps” where people will be able to see your current location and whereabouts. I have turned that off strictly because I do not need nor want people knowing my current location. Also on twitter, which is also a protected account, I use it to tweet my likes/dislikes opposed to where I am and what I am currently doing.

       There are hundreds of unsafe things to post on the internet. The most common ones are your full name, because from that thousands hackers can access hundreds of files about you. Others seem as if it is safe to create e-vites through facebook, on the invitations the invitee may post an address on where it is, what room they’ll be in; little do they know that hackers can easily hack into their e-vite and become a threat to all the guests. 

       There are many ways for online users to become more important. Kids, teens and adults should all follow a certain set of responsibilities. Do not arrange to meet someone you’ve met online, there are hundreds of cases where people have gone to meet someone they met on the internet and were surprised because this person had severely lied about their entire identity. Be careful about the emails you tend to open, some emails tend to be filled with viruses that can severely harm your computer. Buy from popular sellers, Amazon and online clothing sites like Aeropostale, American apparel have locks on their sites so that people will not be able to access any of your information. If you seen what happened to the man that tried to sell the truck, he was killed because he had given these two strangers his house address and chose to go on a test drive with him. Lastly, check your social media settings to prevent people you don’t personally know or appreciate looking at your profile.

My most commonly used and favorite social networking site: Instagram! 

Paparazzi: Scandalous?

          I personally feel as if it is unfair the way that celebrities are treated by the paparazzi. Celebrities are unable to live their lives in peaceful and steady manner when they are constantly being attacked by the paparazzi. Celebrities get ridiculed for every small mistake they make even when they are out of the spotlight. I strongly disagree with the way these famous people are treated.

          It is going to far when the paparazzi begin to follow around the celebrity asking them personal questions. Paparazzi even go to the extent of peering through these individual’s windows, and posting picture so them on the internet or on various social media networks. Many of the Paparazzi would go to the extent of using social media networks to circulate negative attention towards a celebrity. Social media networks are used by an exceptionally large amount of people and so it is understandable if the Paparazzi are looking for attention.

            A familiar paparazzi scandal that has occurred recently was when Justin Bieber was verbally attacked by the paparazzi and tried to fight back. As Justin Bieber was leaving a club and trying to get to his van on his birthday, he violently pushed and shoved the paparazzi. The photographer then responded by insulting him; Justin Bieber then jumped out of his van and attempted to beat this photographer up only the be restrained by his body guard.

            If someone were to invade my privacy, I believe I would feel exceptionally angry and upset. Why do people worry so much about others lives? Do they not worry about their own lives?

            You may be required to change your entire image if people are constantly drooling about who you are. You are forced to act as a role model and may crack under the immense pressure. I would hate to have someone comment on every action I make, every outfit I wear. I live simply to please myself and not others.