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STAY OFF SOCIAL MEDIA
There’s this trend amongst students. They love to socialize and they love it on the social media sites. You will often find them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any of those other social sites. This trend is killing the studying habit of students. Many students who should be spending their time studying now spend most of their time on the net.
Every time I go online on Facebook for example, I find students actively chatting their way. Sometimes I chat along and mock their time waste. Its saddening that the time that should have being used for gainful studying is wasted on gain-less and reckless chit-chat.
It is very disturbing that the internet which should have being used for research and further studies is being wasted on unprofitable communication. So much studying time is wasted and worthless information is transferred through this mediums.
I am not saying social media sites are altogether bad. They are good for communication when it is well managed. You have to have a time for them. You have to know when and how to use them. The problem however is that students hardly organize their time to know when to use the medium and when not to. They are carried away by the often false stories that are propagated by this medium. Every one minute wasted counts and on social media, it could be full of regrets.
Social media could be interesting but the mistake many students make is that rather than facing their books, they choose to Facebook. Rather than twitting important points from their notes and interacting with their mates, they tweet celebrity news and meet strangers. Some students have being negative statistic of those who have followed strangers to their doom
Even when I am not doing serious work, social media is often a distraction that should be avoided but it just takes my time and keeps me returning to it every time. The catchy headlines are distracting that they draw attention towards them.
In today’s information savvy society, one would ask “is it possible to do without social sites?” the question I’d ask in reply is “why not?” You can practically manage how you use this medium. Think about the negative effects of unprotected sex, the sexually transmitted diseases and the stigma that comes with them. You can as well think of social media in that light especially if it is compromising your studying time.
Any student who wants to do well and go far must disconnect from the trend. They have to learn to use their less busy time doing something that will be beneficial to their academics. A good number of would be successes have had it damaged by the frequenting of social channels. They have met friends who have ended up leading them to their doom.
There is a profitable use of social media like joining groups that support research or encourage the finding of solutions to problems especially in your field of endeavor. The sad fact however is that the social media has being the plotting ground for some of the world’s nightmares. Young people are being recruited through the medium to carry out distal acts such as fighting wars and pushing for gain-less revolutions that have taken human blood and have led to no real outcomes. It is sad that very scholarly minds have fallen prey to these medium and have allowed vain tinkers seize on it to spoil the great future that was so promising.
You have a great future that shouldn’t be controlled by the whims of the social media. You can manage to do without it for now till you are through with academic work. This will help you save time and useful energy that you can further direct to your academic. Remember your examination is the only proof you are actually good. Its good you put in all your energy to see it work.