Status Update Rejected from Harvard
A few weeks back, we reported about a status update made on Facebook that got a student expelled from school. That story got a lot of attention, and we managed to brew quite a discussion on our own site about whether or not the student’s actions constituted an expulsion. Today word has been ablaze online [...]
Status Update That Got a Student Expelled
CLICK to SEE the Full Status Update! WARNING: Graphic Language! In another case of teen stupidity that comes out of Brevard County Florida, a teen is facing expulsion after posting a highly inappropriate “Status Update” on his Facebook page. The teen, a student at Edgewood Senior High School, made threats against his English teacher, Kathy [...]
Jamere Holland Facebook Drama
Today we have another story for you that yet again highlights the dangers of acting like a loose cannon online.
Study suggests Myspace users are ‘losers’
A six month study by Danah Boyd from UC Berkeley into teens using the social networking sites Facebook and Myspace has found that Myspace users tend to be the less sucessful. According to the study, Myspace teen users are those who typically acquire a job directly after high school, as opposed to after college. Boyd [...]