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--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 05 Nov 2012, 03:03 ---The thing I find weirdest about facebook is the way it's become the arbiter of what's real. When I started seeing my boyfriend "officially" last week, several people asked "Is it on facebook?". As if that were what made it a proper relationship. As it happens, I've simply removed the word Single from my page, because it feels less peculiar than putting up a big sign.
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Oh Facebook official relationships... Seriously though, updating my status to "engaged" was both convenient and annoying as fuck. First off, it meant I didn't have to call everyone and tell them, which really would be very time consuming, or send out announcements, which is expensive. But it's annoying that it's even a thing at all and that people feel obligated to announce their relationships. Especially when there's a breakup and everyone feels the need to comment on it when they don't understand the whole picture.
Carl-E:
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--- Quote from: Carl-E on 04 Nov 2012, 22:55 ---Family?
My students are on facebook...
I avoid it like the plague.
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My girl's students are on her friends list. For her it's another tool to keep an eye out for them. Certain kids can be reached more easily via fb than in a classroom.
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My students are in college - definitely not "kids" I want to keep an eye on. I'd be afraid to friend most of them, really...
Think Jace, OK? (nothing personal, Jace)
BeoPuppy:
Ah, yes, big diff. She teaches 15 to 18 year olds. They're bad but not THAT bad.
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If I wanted to be friends with students on Facebook, I'd make a whole new profile. A profile with very basic information and that's it. And I'd probably delete my other page. (It's got a fake name, but there's just too much on there at this point.) It'd be nice to have a way to be connected with students, but I don't want them too involved in my personal life. There has to be a boundary for me.
BeoPuppy:
Meh, boundaries. We have had whole classes over for extra exam training, tea and cookies. They know me and our kid on sight. one of the students enrolled in our aikido class.
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