This weeks presentation was very interesting and informative. The portion that stood out to me the most was the part about FaceBook and being careful about what you post. This has always been something that has scared me A LOT! When I first started using FaceBook, I felt as though it was a virtual representation of myself- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Looking at my FaceBook account during its first few months live, it was a definite reflection of that. However, the first time I herd anything about "watch what you post, employers are looking," I was scared to death! Sitting in the seminar a few years ago, I can vividly remember thinking of the status that I had posted that probably should not have been posted.
It took my almost 4 hours to go back through several months on my account and delete every single post, untag every picture, and "clean-up" my FaceBook account. However, after it was squeaky clean, I remember breathing a sigh of relief as if a weight was now lifted off my shoulders. Luckily this was second semester my freshman year of college. Ever since then I have been very cautious about what I post.
Unfortunately, this is FaceBook is not the only place I need to be cautious of what I post. Being a leader is like living in a fish bowl. Even more so, being a teacher. I feel as though I will have no privacy because I feel that way now in college. Also being a student leader, I am constantly being watched and my every move is reported back to people on campus. I do not like that I cannot enjoy my college life without being overly concerned with how I carry myself if public and private. However I do understand that with being in my position, it comes with the territory. Yet I did not expect it to come so soon. When I became a "student leader" I did not know I would now be living in a fish bowl. Its something I think about often but try not to let it deter me from my goals. I want to be a role model, be someone people can look up to, but I always want to have a life free from worrying about what people are going to think about my actions. I trust and believe one day I will find a happy medium.
Nevertheless, if this is what comes with successful, role model people look up to, I think I can accept that.
The fish bowl analogy is a good one, Blake. Although a heavy burden at times, you can take great pride in being a leader and setting a good example. For some of your students, you may be the one and only good example in their lives!
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