Advice to fellow students

This entry is dedicated to the article about Facebook, and how it affects the students and their work for the exam.


The article at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7985985/Facebook-hits-exam-results-by-20-per-cent.html20-per-cent.html has compared the exam-results of students using Facebook, and students not using it. The results were unambiguous. It says that students using Facebook in class or during the study- process get an average of 20% lower score than the students without Facebook.


The first thing that comes to mind, is that this news is very shocking, that highly educated people let a forum like Facebook, ruin their exam results! You wouldn’t think that anyone is stupid enough to do that. But then, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, MSN and a lot of other communicational forums are demanding more and more of our time. In today’s society and study- situation, we are very often depending on communication. Students without a Facebook- account, easily fall out of the social gangs and environment in class. Me, I got Facebook when I started my first year at Sandvika high school. When I think about it, Facebook is a genius way to connect and find mutual interests, even if the only thing mutual, is attending the same class. I think I would have missed a lot of information about my fellow students without it. At the same time, I feel that Facebook demands a lot of attention. When I am studying, I can’t allow myself to open Facebook at all, because then, I will not be able to pull myself out of there.

I just happen to think about those people who used to spend every hour of their time off, at the internet. Before Facebook, I remember thinking “Aren’t they bored to death? It is not that interesting, and don’t they know that they have other things to do?” Now, I would have replied “Well… Facebook certainty demands a lot of time, and attention. I am not surprised that this is a problem.”


I think this illustrates the problem quite well. A couple of years ago, Facebook weren’t that big a problem. As the phenomenon grows, though, so does the amount of people spending a lot of time there. I am very pleased that I am not one of those who feel that they need to use every single moment at the internet. My advice to fellow students is therefore: You should definitely have a Facebook- profile, because it is a part of our future. Just remember that your future is built on what you learn in class, and Facebook can’t be the breadwinner for your future. Use it well!



(The picture is from the article, use the link in the entry! The chat- symbol is from my own Facebook- page, edited in OneNote.)