Technology and Me: Facebook through the Years
Middle School Photo Source: GIPHY When I was a child I was quite shy and quiet. As an adult this is not something that hinders my life, I have found my community of people who accept me for who I am. However, as a kid, this has a greatly negative impact on my social life. I was too nervous to speak to new people and always found doubt in the few school friendships I had, afraid they would get bored of me. I knew that I had so much to say, but I just did not know how actually to give volume to my voice. That all changed when Facebook made its introduction to my 6th-grade class. Every student who had a computer at home made a Facebook, though we were not the minimum age of 13. Not wanting to fall behind I made one too. I put in my fake birthday and took a very grainy photo of myself using my family's computer webcam. Thus the Facebook page of "Syen P." with a dark, grainy profile picture was born. I "friended" every classmate I could, finding it was easier to do ...