For Dreamers, Thinkers and Achievers
By Paola, 16, junior Facebook and Twitter have become the center of our social lives. We connect with friends and share memories easier than ever through these websites. Although they’re fun to use and can sometimes have benefits, such as being able to contact someone who doesn’t have a phone, the websites can also be […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry You’ve been ripping and running since school started in August. It’s time to chill. During the holidays, give your thumbs a rest, too. Disconnect from social media and reconnect with family, neighbors and old friends. It’s hard to believe that a mere decade ago, social media as we know it didn’t […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Bloggers are using tweets and email by shooting victim Trayvon Martin to portray him as a violent person in an effort to support claims by gunman George Zimmerman that he acted in self-defense. After reading some of the messages, I concluded that Trayvon was a typical teenager who talked about girls, […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry One of the most powerful things to emerge from the tragic shooting death of Trayvon Martin is a new level of activism among young people. From participating in marches to staging walkouts at dozens of Miami-Dade high schools, students have been moved to take action. Social media – specifically texting and […]
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