As administration cut down on the access of social media, many students became irritated with the banning of Facebook and Twitter. Before the additional filters were in place, I tweeted during school any chance I got. After they came into play, I remember being so mad and frantically searching for alternative ways to get on Twitter through the school computers.

As much as I hate the stringent Internet bans, I understand why they are in place; Twitter and Facebook are major distractions. It is a teacher’s job to educate and it is a student’s job to learn. We are expected to be listening and learning while in class and it isn’t likely that we’ll get much learning done if reading our Twitter timeline and updating our Facebook statuses is our main concern.

The filters are in place to prevent social media distractions as well as other online distractions. I would much rather be reading my newsfeed over reading my history book, however, school is school. We are here to learn and in the long run, I know that limiting the distractions on the internet will help students with understand curriculum and put forth more effort into learning.

In real world, people won’t put up with you putting your social networking before work. You can’t be tweeting your friends or checking up on your aunts Facebook while in a meeting with your boss; it’s not respectful and there is a good chance you’re not taking in much of what your boss is saying.