Facebook: A Virtual Museum of Your Checkered Past

Facebook has had a truly unique impact on the world around us. It can be seen virtually everywhere in the physical and digital world. At this point, many of us have had one for years and have grown up with it. I myself have had one since I was a freshman in college. As we have grown up and become educators, Facebook stands as a living record of our past choices. In regards to the articles and our profession, I think one of the biggest things professionals should monitor is the content they are tagged in. From photos to videos, and posts to mislabels, these are easy to overlook. We most certainly are aware of our privacy settings on Facebook, but embarrassing tags could reside on a page with no privacy measures and can be fully accessible by others. The photos from college parties, ridiculous political views, and many more can just be waiting to be found. The timeline review has been helpful on that front to police what gets posted. For an educator, however, one must revisit their past in order to make sure it doesn’t weigh down their future.