I studied in an all-girls convent school with 50 uniformed girls in a class. I remember all of them distinctly by type—- the chatterboxes, the enthu cutlets, the Mother-may-I’s , the bright-as-a-pennny ones, the book worms, the notorious back benchers, the ones who always were on the track field, the ones who sucked up to the teacher at all times (remember the kinds who would sit in the front bench, clean the teachers table, get them flowers, carry their book to the staff room), the Barbie doll clones(we actually had girls who would brush their hair a 100 times), the rebels with a cause 
, the rebels without a cause ….. Among the sea of children dressed in Blue&Blue uniforms the only thing that differentiated us were our qualities. The same qualities that we remember someone for to this very day and the same qualities that attracted one child to another sometimes laying foundations for life long friendships 
, the rebels without a cause ….. Among the sea of children dressed in Blue&Blue uniforms the only thing that differentiated us were our qualities. The same qualities that we remember someone for to this very day and the same qualities that attracted one child to another sometimes laying foundations for life long friendships
I cannot even begin to imagine the pressure of being an introvert kid in today’s overly extrovert world where kids as young as 5 have Facebook profiles. I bet it brings with it an untold pressure to look a certain way, act a certain way and most certainly to have a FUN life wherein you take “FUN VACATIONS” which you prove is “COOL” by bombarding everyone with Instagrammed photos.
………………. it brings me back to a saying by Steve Furtich which inspired this post – “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel” and in my opinion what is Facebook if not a documentation of every person’s HIGHLIGHT REEL.
I have a friend who recently told me he let go of his Twitter account because he used a software that let him measure his online time and he realised he was active for 17 hours a day on Twitter and Facebook. Where does that leave one time to live a REAL LIFE and make REAL MEMORIES??
Dont get me wrong… I do have a Facebook account infact I used Orkut too back in the day 
…. I still log in to FB once a week to be bombarded with new born babies shot at 100 different angles , expectant parents kissing their pregnant wives belly, photographs of a broken iPad and a description of how it broke, a dude posting a picture of the toast and omelette that his new wife made for him a week after their wedding .
…. I still log in to FB once a week to be bombarded with new born babies shot at 100 different angles , expectant parents kissing their pregnant wives belly, photographs of a broken iPad and a description of how it broke, a dude posting a picture of the toast and omelette that his new wife made for him a week after their wedding .
Most recently I saw a woman, who at best can be called an acquaintance posting a picture of her husband holding her during labour and thanked him in the middle of labour “ON FACEBOOK” – It read like this “Hubby love you for holding my hand through the most beautiful moment of our lives — Pray for us everyone” …. the horror continues – the photo immediately got 124 likes and her online “friends” immediately started commenting as follows – God Bless You , Congratulations, You in labour?? Which hospital are you in?? —————- isn’t there anything called PRIVACY anymore?? Isnt it beautiful that there are moments that 2 people share and the world is not privy to??
I do understand the value of social networking …. The recent protests that followed the beastly act against a 23 year old girl in Delhi gained attention due to Twitter, the arrest of a politician in Hyderabad on charges of sedition was made possible due to public outcry over various social media platforms, the uprising in the Middle East even the raid in Abbotabad that executed Osama Bin Laden’s were first reported on Twitter. While I am at it I couldn’t hurt to mention that even the rise of the phenomenon called Justin Bieber is due to Youtube.
It is a force that cannot be denied and as they say “with great power comes great responsibility” but more often than not what I see on social networking sites is “UNNECESSARY DRAMA”.
