The first thing students should never do on a social media site is post any illegal activities. For example, we all know that high schoolers like to party but that does not give them any reason to post pictures of themselves drinking underage and disobeying the law. A huge issue a few years back was teens getting into fights and someone posting a video of it online. With the video's police were able to find the kids and they would end up getting in big trouble.
The second thing is bullying. Cyber bullying has become a huge issue with middle schoolers and high schoolers. Every day around 13,000 students around the United States do not attend school because of bullies. Cyber bullying has gotten so bad it sometimes results in suicide. What the bullies do not realize is when they post something online it is extremely easy to use as proof and they could be expelled.
The thirding thing is trashing teachers. Teachers are much smarter than we believe and are active on Facebook too. How would you feel if you found two of your teachers on Facebook and saw them trashing you? Not good.
Fourth is post objectionable content from school computers or network. Your school wants to be represented well so if you are posting bad photos or saying while trying to represent them, not the best idea.
Fifth, posting confidential information. Once you put something on the Internet it's out there, there is no taking it back. So posting your phone number, address, etc. is not a good idea in any way shape or form. Also, you never know who is looking at that information and it could endanger you, your family or your friends.
Sixth, stop checking in to so many places. It is popular to check into where you are on Facebook to show everyone what you are doing. However, this is a bad idea. Posting where you are all the time gives anyone access to finding you.
Seventh, plagiarize. Plagiarizing is huge threat to students, if you're caught doing it once you can get into huge trouble. Sometimes even your school can get in trouble for it.
Eighth, threaten someone. If you "jokingly" threaten someone online it is hard to know because they will not know your tone of voice and could think your serious. Then they could take it to the school or police and you would end up in a lot of trouble.
Ninth, ignore school policies. Keep in mind that they are capable of seeing just about everything you do on there.
Tenth, posting things that are unprofessional. If you don't want your grandmother to see it, you definitely don't want an employer to see it. Employers often look into your online accounts to see the true story behind you.
Eleventh, don't rely on privacy settings. Just because it says it's private doesn't mean that some creep out there doesn't know how to hack into it. Don't trust it.
Twelfth, emotional posting. We all say things that we don't mean but online, try to control yourself, you never know who could be looking.
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