Social Network Profile Costs Woman College Degree →
In case you don’t have time (or don’t want to) click on the above link to read the story on Read Write Web, I’ll summarize:
- College student is student teaching and performing like a college student
- Her students (in High School) frequent her MySpace page, which her supervisor doesn’t like
- College student makes negative comments about her supervisor on her MySpace page
- Her degree (in education) is denied and instead she receives a degree in English because of her MySpace profile (and sub-par performance)
- Moral of the story (from Read Write Web): keep your social networking profile private
Wow, if that’s not missing the point, I’m not sure what is. To me the point is that we shouldn’t treat our online identity any different than our offline identity. They are both real, and equally define us.
Full story here
