- You are the young manager of an ice cream parlor that is beloved by local families. You are looking to hire some teens for the summer, when the shop is open late every evening. You require an application and at least one reference. It occurs to you that you could look online to find out a bit more about the applicants. Where would you look? And what might you find that would make you not hire someone?
- You are finally old enough to join a social networking site and set up your own profile. You spend a lot of time making the profile look cool and you have links to many friends. Your mom makes her own profile and asks you to be her “friend.” Is that fair? Explain your thinking.
- You have a social network profile and are smart enough to use the privacy settings to keep your stuff away from the eyes of people other than your friends. A friend of yours thinks a silly photo of you in your underwear is funny, copies the photo, and places it on her public profile. How might you feel? What might be the unintended results of such a photo in a public place?
- You work at YXZ University. You have to choose a few talented high school students to spend six weeks on your college campus between their sophomore and junior years. What would you want to know about these students before inviting them to live on campus? What could you find out about them online?
- You are a college freshman. Your cousin, who is a high school freshman, asks to “friend” you on a social networking site. You like your cousin and don’t want to hurt his feelings, but you say “no.” What are some reasons you might not want your cousin to see your profile and friends?
Monday, September 26, 2011
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Grant Gose
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
---Since I am looking to hire teens, I could look for their user profiles on popular social networking sites, such as Facebook. If I found things such as obscene photos, bullying remarks, etc. I would not hire the said person.
---Yes, it is fair that my mom makes her own profile and requests to be my friend because she is simply doing her job…keeping tabs on what I do and keeping me safe.
---I would feel embarrassed, and undermined by that so-called “friend.” The unintended results may be things such as unwanted friend requests.
---If I had to choose a few people from high school to spend time on a college campus, I would want to make sure that they were mature enough to grasp the learning curve of a new environment; also I would want to make sure that they were willing to be away from friends and family for an extended length of time, as well as their level of willingness to co-operate with others.
---I may not want my “cousin” to see my profile and friends because there could be things there that are considered “acceptable” for college students and are “frowned upon” by high schoolers.
Grant Harper
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1. First I would look at the applicant’s facebook and see how he or she talks, and what they are like. If they swear and have bad pictures then I would not select this applicant.
2. Yes, it is fair to be your mom’s friend on a social networking site because she can make sure you are good and watch if you’re not bully or if you bully anybody.
3. I would feel embarrassed and not safe or private anymore. People could find your information and that is an inappropriate picture. It is unintended for an outside person seeing you in your underwear.
4. Before letting them live on campus, I would learn about their grades, their friends, the influences they have, if they ever gotten in trouble with police, and if they are responsible. On the internet you could find out almost all of this information.
5. Some reasons you may not want your cousin to see your profile or friends are that, you don’t want them to find information and share it with family or you don’t want any of your friends influencing your cousin.
Joey Bandi
ReplyDelete9/27/11
1. One place you could look about your applicants could be on Google. You can search their names and maybe bring up if they are for one sex offenders or you would like more information on a school website or something to that nature. Some things that would make you not want to hire someone would be if their registered sex offenders or maybe if they have criminal records.
2. I think it’s pretty fair to allow a parent to add you on the site. That way they can monitor some of the things you’re doing but not all. This gives you freedom and a little limitation. It can benefit you in the long run because she may be able to see if someone is saying something bad about you. I have my mom, dad, step dad, and other family members on my Facebook account and I’ve had no problems so far.
3. To be honest I would not be happy if one of my friends did that. I wouldn’t want everyone to see me like that (not that I’d ever let someone even take a picture like that). I would ask them to please remove it because I don’t want anyone to see that. Some unexpected results could be that I could be made fun of and battered with words and that could depress me or anyone and it might even attract sexual predators.
4. If I had to choose teens to come on to a campus I would make sure that they were good kids, don’t do drugs or alcohol, and of course make sure that them coming to the campus will benefit them and always make sure they have good grades. I could find almost all of this information on the internet whether I searched them on Google or looked for them on facebook.
5. Some reasons you may not want your cousin to see you on facebook is you may have inappropriate pictures for their age. For example some of my friends may post pictures or comments about parties and drinking. I wouldn’t want my cousin to get the wrong idea and think that they can do it to. If they had my profile they might even be able to look at my own friends who could do that stuff and to be honest; at that age when you’re so influenced by peers, they don’t need to see that.
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ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
~ You could look at facebook because it is a popular site on which most people are on. Another good thing to look for would maybe be a background check. You could look at www.beenverified.com. If someone has gotten into trouble with the law, you might not want to hire them.
~ I think it is fair. Your mom is allowed to create her own profile without your permission. She is just doing her job by watching out for you.
~ I would feel betrayed; I would definitely talk to my friend about it because it would not be right for her to betray me in that way. I would ask my friend to delete the photo. I could be called names and looked at in a different way; it wouldn’t do very good for my reputation.
~ I would want to know what their talents are. They would probably have to audition. I would want to just invite anyone; it would have to be someone who I think would have good potential.
~ You may not want to be embarrassed by your cousin because he may be immature. You may not want him to see some of the things you post. He also might try to be friends with some of your friends, and that would be pretty embarrassing.
Chloe Brown
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1. If I was going to hire teens for my ice cream shop I might check them on Facebook to see if they are responsible and a good future employee. You could also just search them on Google to see if anything unusual comes up or anything bad. Something I found that wouldn’t make me want to hire someone is if they are bullying or taking bad photos.
2. It is fair for your mom to want to be friends so she can check on you and make sure you aren’t doing anything that could get you in trouble. She would be able to monitor your page and see if you or other people are doing anything inappropriate. This could be good because she could help you if you were in trouble but I wouldn’t add my mom because that’s weird.
3. If my friend posted a picture of me in my underwear I would be mad. I wouldn’t want people I don’t know to see me in my underwear. The unintended results could be that a lot of creepers would want to find out who I was and I could get in trouble. My friend probably would too.
4. I would want to know their grades, after school activities, and how they act outside of school. I could find out what they do in their spare time, who they hang out with, and what they do.
5. I might not want my cousin to see my Facebook profile because I’m probably going to be partying and stuff like that in college and my cousin is only a freshman so I wouldn’t want them to see it. They could also see my friends and me joking around about stuff that is inappropriate for them or something. I wouldn’t want my cousin to think it’s okay to start acting like that just because I am. But in real life I would probably add them.
Peyton Lemerand Hour 3
ReplyDelete9/26/11
1. I would look at their Face book profiles to see how they act and if they get in fights with friends. It might have them included in sport pages for the school and I they ever cyber bullied or sexted there could be information about that on Google.
2. If your mom wants to be your friend on face book, she probably just wants to make sure your safe and not getting into trouble. Whatever you do on face book you should be willing to share with your mom.
3. I would be upset with her because anyone can see that picture. It will always be on the internet. There are creeps out there and take that as something sexual and will save it to their computer. If I ever wanted a job, they can Google me and could find that picture of me.
4. I would want to know if they did any extracurricular activities and if they did anything severely bad. I could Google search them and see what comes up. If they ever cyber bullied, sexted, did drugs, or were involved in sports, it would most likely come up.
5. Some reasons I would not want to be my cousin’s friend on a social networking site is because I would be a lot older and my postings may not be appropriate for his age. People can post things on my wall and maybe I do not want him seeing everything. He could try adding my friends that he doesn’t even know which can be a bad influence.
Cody Hedger
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1. The first place I would look for information about a applicant would be beenverivied.com. This website shows what’s on a person’s record. If this person has any felonies I would not hire him/ her .
2. I think it is fair if your mom ask you to be your friend on a social site because she is your parent and she wants to see if you’re doing inappropriate things that you shouldn’t do.
3. I wouldn’t really mind if someone puts a picture of me in my underwear on Facebook because I’m comfortable with my body. But later in life when I want to get a job, that person could see that photo and not hire me.
4. I would want to know what sports they play and what they like to do. I would probably check there Facebook to see if we have any thing in common.
5. I wouldn’t want him to see my profile because there could be inappropriate things that I wouldn’t him seeing because he is too young.
chad kledzik
ReplyDelete9-27-11
-because i am hiring teens i will go on facebook and myspace and wee what kinda person they really are.
-yeah becasue you made on she should to to make sure your staying out of troble.
-bad idea. some one can get it that shouldnt then everyone will ahve it. a creeper could get it. and someone can flag it and get you deleted from facebook. or what ever site it is.
-you can see how they talk who they talk to what they look like you can pretty much find anything you want to about them .
-becasue it will get around to your parents. or he can see the real you. or becasue you dont want your family that is way younger to act like you when your way older than him.
Rachel Welniak
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1. You could possibly look on Facebook to see how they act in everyday life. What people say online has a lot to do with what they act like in person, it can show if they are a reliable person. If they said or posted something that the person hiring doesn’t like or takes the wrong way they probably won’t get hired.
2. Yes, if your mom wants to be your friend I think it is fair. Although my mom and I don’t get along very well, I still have her as a friend on Facebook. If you aren’t 18 your parents have a right to have your passwords so they definitely should be able to be friends with you on a social networking site. However, if they start posting things and talking to your friends and adding them that’s taking advantage of it. Parents needs to realize that there is a limit that they shouldn’t exceed.
3. I would be pretty upset with my friend if she posted a picture of me in my underwear online. Even if her profile was private, all my friends and hers would see it. People could say rude and inappropriate comments.
4. As I said in question one, they could look on Facebook to see if you’re a reliable person to have on campus. They could see if you’ve gotten into trouble which might change their decision to invite you.
5. If you deny a friend request from a younger cousin then you could either be hiding something or you could be protecting him/her. Since you’re in college you could be thinking that if they see my profile some comments might be rude and he/she may not understand them. However, if you’re the high school freshman requesting your college cousin you might take it offensively. I would think that they didn’t like me or that they were hiding something. If your profile is that bad that you can’t add your cousin then I would think that you need to delete some posts or friends.
Corey Rupert
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1.If a store owner was looking to hire some teens for the summer, his best bet for finding information on them would be Facebook. Teens use Facebook daily and if he wanted to know the kind of person they were all he would have to do is look at their wall. If that applicant were using swear words, talking about inappropriate things, or even busy a lot, this would definitely not be the person you should be looking for.
2.If I were finally old enough to have a social networking profile and my mom asked me to be her friend I wouldn’t be happy. I don’t think any teenager would want their mom snooping around and having their friends see what your mom is doing. From another viewpoint though, it is fair. Anyone that is of age has the power to make a social networking profile and be friends with whoever they choose.
3.If a friend were to post a photo like this, my first emotion would be embarrassed. Because it is in public place people would probably send it around, call you names, and comment on it. The person in the photo would be very likely to become bullied and made fun of at school.
4.Making the decision to have a young student stay on a college campus is a big deal. The person should be smart, wanting to go to college, and responsible. If the person was deserving of this opportunity they would meet all these requirements. If you were to look them up online so see what they are about you could probably see what their daily life is about and what their priorities are. If that person was always posting about parties and friends they might not be the person that should get the break.
5.A freshman in college might not want their cousin who is a freshman in high school seeing who their friends are because they might not want the little cousin to feel the urge to be like them or they are hiding something and don’t want the cousin to make the same mistake. I think as a freshman in college, you would rather talk to your little cousin on the phone to give them advice rather than unintentional online.
Gwen Knowles
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1.If I was a manager I would type the name on Facebook, and see the information they have posted. I wouldn’t want to hire someone who has done inappropriate things on the web such as posting crude images. I would also type their name on the Offenders’ list and in Google just to be safe. Finally there are background check sites just to check for this kind of information.
2.I think that’s fair. I am friends with my sister on Facebook and I am pretty sure she keeps track of my posts. They just want what’s best for you, so I believe it’s fair.
3.I would feel betrayed and upset, and then probably go through something through the five stages of grief. It could prevent me from getting a job or going to college because they could easily find the image and think I have been messing around on the web.
4.First of all, I would want these students to be smart and have common sense. I would like to know their school background such as grades, punishment dealt etc. I would search their names on Facebook and read personal information they have posted for the public to see and make sure they are being proper. I could find anything they think they could hide, because once it’s on the internet it’s there forever.
5.You don’t want your cousin to see you doing college things like parties with alcohol. It could be a bad influence on them. You also don’t want them adding your friends if they don’t know them.
Taylor McMahon
ReplyDelete9.27.11
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2. You are the young manager of an ice cream parlor that is beloved by local families. You are looking to hire some teens for the summer, when the shop is open late every evening. You require an application and at least one reference. It occurs to you that you could look online to find out a bit more about the applicants. Where would you look? And what might you find that would make you not hire someone?
If I could find out more about the clients online I would check on face book to see how they act around other people. If they had bad pictures or were getting in fights with other people then that means that they are not able to deal with customers and are a bad influence on other people.
3. You are finally old enough to join a social networking site and set up your own profile. You spend a lot of time making the profile look cool and you have links to many friends. Your mom makes her own profile and asks you to be her “friend.” Is that fair? Explain your thinking.
I think that its fair because you will have someone to look out for you and make sure that youre not making the wrong decisions on the internet.
4. You have a social network profile and are smart enough to use the privacy settings to keep your stuff away from the eyes of people other than your friends. A friend of yours thinks a silly photo of you in your underwear is funny, copies the photo, and places it on her public profile. How might you feel? What might be the unintended results of such a photo in a public place?
I would be embarrassed and would tell them to take the picture off the internet. I might get in trouble from my parents and rude inappropriate comments might appear.
5. You work at YXZ University. You have to choose a few talented high school students to spend six weeks on your college campus between their sophomore and junior years. What would you want to know about these students before inviting them to live on campus? What could you find out about them online?
I would like to know what they do and what they enjoy I can find out their interest online and get the know them a little more.
6. You are a college freshman. Your cousin, who is a high school freshman, asks to “friend” you on a social networking site. You like your cousin and don’t want to hurt his feelings, but you say “no.” What are some reasons you might not want your cousin to see your profile and friends?
Because it's easy for them to meet people that they aren’t good to hang out with and that wouldn’t be good, and maybe it wouldn’t be a good thing according to the parents.
Morgan Futey
ReplyDelete9/27/11
1. I could go on a social networking site, search them, and try to find out what kind of person they are. Something that would make me not want to hire a person is how they act or how they portray themselves.
2. Yes, it is fair, she’s just trying to do her job and watch and protect you.
3. I would be very upset, because, people that may not like me could take it, and forward and edit it, and send it around the world.
4. I would want to know what kind of people they are and who they hang around, and if they’re professional or not. I could find out basically everything about them.
5. In case someone posts something about you, your cousin might see it and think badly of you.
Derek Shepherd
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1. If I were hiring teens to run my ice cream parlor, to find out more information about them and see what kind of person they are I would go on facebook and look at the kinds of things that go on their page. If they were to use foul language on the web or don’t use proper grammar that could have an effect on whether I would hire that person or not.
2. If my mom asked to be my friend on facebook or another social networking site, I do think that is fair. She just wants to make sure that I am being respectful and not putting inappropriate things online. I think after awhile I could stop being my mom’s friend because she trusts me to follow her rules.
3. If my friend posted an inappropriate picture of me on their profile I would feel embarrassed and hurt. Some unintended results of this situation might be that someone saves the picture and prints out copies for even more people to see.
4. Before I invited a bunch of high school kids to spend six weeks at my college campus I would need to find some information on them. To see if these high school students were worthy to come spend time at this campus I would want to know if they do well in school, are polite and courteous, and also if they are mature. I could find out who they hang out with, what interests they have and what kind of person they are in general.
5. You may not want your high school freshman cousin to see your page and friends when you’re in college, maybe because there might be some things on there that your cousin may not feel comfortable reading.
Zack Carter
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1. If I was an ice cream store manager and I was looking for teens to higher for the summer, I would look on Facebook as a reference. It tells you what they mostly do, so that you could know they weren’t going to skip work to go party or anything. It would also help you to know if this person is friendly or not by the postings they have put on other people’s pages.
2. I think that is it fair, because its technically still up to your parents on whether or not you are even aloud to access this site. So them making a profile and wanting to be your friend is appropriate because then they can at least check and make sure you aren’t getting in any trouble on that site.
3. If a friend posted a picture of me on their public profile in my underwear it could be very embarrassing and it could be considered an inappropriate picture, even if it were taken just as a joke. There really could be serious consequences even if it started off just as a joke.
4. You were trying to find some students from a local high school to come and check out your college you would want to know their grades and if they participate in sports and stuff. But online you could also find the kind of people they hangout with, which might let you know if they are participating in drugs or other bad activities.
5. You might not want your cousin to see your profile and friends because as a freshman in college you are probably going to be doing a lot of partying. Also there would probably be kind of inappropriate pictures on your profile. Plus, if you are doing stuff like most people in college, you still probably wouldn’t want to set a bad example for your younger cousin.
Tyler Shroyer, 9/27/11
ReplyDelete1. I’m not sure where I would search for my applicants, maybe begin on Google and look at pages that involve the teens. If I found that one of my applicant’s had been to court with charges or I had found inappropriate things such as language or pictures I wouldn’t hire them.
2. I do think it is fair, as long as I also have the choice to not accept her on the page. If she has the right to check in on my profile already I think I have the right to decline though I would accept her anyway.
3. I would be very upset with my friend and would need to definitely talk to him and fix it. The result could be humiliation and lack of respect and I would feel bad when I leave my home.
4. I would want to know these students grades and I would like to find out from their teachers how they act. I could go online and inspect any social networking pages and see anything that could cause problems or make me look bad.
5. I wouldn’t want my cousin seeing what goes on while I am a campus with my new older friends and the things that may be way out of line for high school, I would want him to know that he needs to wait until he matures a bit more.
Cara Stang
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1. I would look online for applications by people in my area. If they have any online crimes like cyberbullying or anything bad on their Facebook I wouldn’t hire them. I would also check their age to be sure that they would be okay with working late evenings. The applicant should have a clean record or else I wouldn’t consider them.
2. I guess it is fair for my mom to be my “friend” on the social networking site. It’s like the same thing as them getting your password; they will just be checking on you to be sure that you’re okay. I think it’s actually easier for her to keep an eye on me that way so I wouldn’t mind being friends with my mom on that website.
3. I would feel betrayed and angry that my friend would post a picture like that on her profile, especially when it’s public. Any child molester could find that picture and I would be very upset because I could get called names. My reputation would be ruined because of that and I wouldn’t look like a very good kid. I don’t post inappropriate pictures and I would be mad at that friend. The results would be nasty comments. I wouldn’t be respected as much as before that picture.
4. I would want to know that these students were actually good kids. I could check their Facebook or any other social networking sites. If they had been involved in any crimes, including online crimes, I wouldn’t want to invite them to the campus. Some kids may be very talented and intelligent, but they could have horrible common sense when it comes what they post online. I wouldn’t want that setting an example for people who look up to these talented students.
5. I might have said no to that cousin because that’s about a 4 year difference and I would probably be more mature than he is. Some things on my profile would be okay for a college student, but he might think they weren’t that good for a freshman in high school. The cousin also might try to be friends with some of my friends and they are too old for him.
Caleb Nash
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27th 2011
1. You could look on facebook, twitter, other social networking sites to try and find things out about the person to let you know whether or not you’d like them to work there. You might find something like, say, them bashing on people or being immature online and that’d let you know that you don’t want someone like that being in your family-based store.
2.I suppose it depends on the relationship between the mom and the kid, because sometimes it’s appropriate (if the kid shouldn’t be trusted) and sometimes it’s not appropriate (if the kid is trustworthy).
3. I’d feel betrayed kinda, but I’d figure they weren’t trying to make me feel this way purposefully so I’d ask them nicely to take It down, because it is my picture.
4. I’d want to know if they were responsible, how they acted online, etc. You could find out about how they act from social networking, blogs they posted, what they did on the internet.
5. I wouldn’t want my young cousin to see my social networking because there’s things that are inappropriate for the age difference on my profile, and it wouldn’t be good for him to be exposed to that just yet.
1. I would look on Facebook or MySpace. Something that wouldn’t want me to hire someone would be seeing them bullying other people or posting rude comments.
ReplyDelete2. Yes, because she is letting you have the website and it shouldn’t matter unless you are posting something bad.
3. I would feel betrayed and angry. Anyone can see the picture and people could copy the picture and send it to other people.
4. That all the people I am bringing get along. Something you can find out online would be if they do get along or if they are mean to other students online.
5. So they wouldn’t tell your parents what you are doing or your cousin might try to be friends with all of your friends. Another reason may be because you just don’t want family to be your friends on the social networking site.
Mariah Ross
ReplyDelete9-27-11
1. If I’m going to hire someone I want to look at an application with all the peoples records and see if they have went to jail or done something bad in the past few months or years and see if they have any records so that I know they won’t hurt or do anything to my costumers and make my business bad I would go to peoplerecords.com/Public-Records and look on social networking sites and see how they talk on there and see how they would talk to my other workers and costumers.
2. Yes I think it’s fair so she could see if anyone is hurting you with words and see what you’re saying about other people and how you react when you’re mad and people will look at that when they are trying to hire you for their work or business.
3. I would feel hurt and I would have her take it off or we wouldn’t be friends anymore and if she was my real best friend she would take it off or I would take the picture of myself and my friends wouldn’t do that and if they didn’t they weren’t my friends to begin with and I think it’s wrong no one should have those kind of photos on websites it might make the wrong impression on you.
4. I would check face book, twitter, or my space to see what they do in their free time and if they do drugs and how they react when they are mad at people and see how many people are friends with them see if they are a popular and how people talk to them and how they talk back.
5. I wouldn’t want my cousin to see who my friends are because they might try and talk to them and they might say something mean to them and then there mom and dad are going to yell at me and say talk to your friends what they say to your family or you’re cousin might try and date one of your friends and they are way older than her or him and you get yelled at for it but I would rather talk to my family over the phone and give them advice rather than they ask one of my friends and have my friends give them the wrong type of advice and they listen and go out and do what my friends tell them and get in big trouble.
1. Because I am hiring teens I will go on social networks so I could find out who they really are.
ReplyDelete2. Yeah because she is making sure you stay out of trouble.
3. Someone can get it that shouldn’t then that person will give it to people he knows and that will go on for a while and someone’s going to get in a lot of trouble.
4. You can see what he does like sports and clubs.
5. Because you don’t want your family members that are younger than you to act like you at school or at home.
Summer Varga
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27th, 2011
1. You would look up some records. Also, you might find something like that one person has a record or got into trouble with the cops, or might have bad grades.
2. Yeah, it’s fair having your mom as a friend because she could tell you if something is wrong or she doesn’t like what you’re saying to other people, but she should give you some space.
3. It really wouldn’t bother me, I’d think it’s funny, but if it made me mad, I’d tell them to take it down.
4. You could ask the dean and use his computer to see the people’s records.
5. Because you might not want to look on your profile or be friends with you friends.
Madison Monroe
ReplyDeleteSeptember 27, 2011
1. If I was looking to hire I would Google their name to see if any criminal records about the person popped up and I would also check their Facebook to see if they were a trusted responsible person I could count on to close my ice cream shop.
2. If I were on a social networking site and my mom sent me a friend request I would think that’s fair because as a parent, it is your job to make sure your child isn’t doing anything bad on the internet or talking to anyone dangerous.
3. If my friend did that to me I would feel embarrassed, angry, and sad. I would not ever be friends with that person ever again, and the worst part is online predators can see that picture along with friends and family. Also I could lose respect from a lot of people.
4. If I had to select students I would check to see if they have had any criminal charges or if they got in trouble a lot at school. Also I would want them to be getting good grades. Online, I could check if they had any criminal charges or even check their Facebook if it’s private to see that they are not posting anything inappropriate.
5. Some reasons I would not want my high school freshman cousin seeing my college freshman profile is because we are both in different times in our lives and what might be appropriate to me may not be for my little cousin. It could set a bad example.
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