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let's be honest the majority people in
this room have an app on their cell
phone that falls under the category of
social media social media has made its
mark in the technological world since
the beginning of the internet which was
introduced in 1991 since then it has
gained a reputation for being
detrimental to person's mental health
and has a multitude of negative
connotations that fail to recognize the
untapped potential that social media has
everything has a downside and social
media happened to be a brunt of every
adult criticisms in almost every school
administrators nightmare of course
though there will always be something
that can be approved upon the platforms
have been cultivated over the years are
being misused misused in terms of people
not utilizing them to help narrow down
their interest and finding what
resonates with them next slide
social media has to become more
accessible and starting a person's
business dream or letting us realize
what we truly want to pursue in a world
with so many career options reimagining
social media to find our passions is the
beginning of a new chance for a
prospective successful future for
growing generations since the age of 9
social media has had a substantial
presence in my life from watching videos
on YouTube sending snapchats to my best
friends
navigating through Twitter and joining
Instagram when it first started all of
these websites have played a vital role
and the person I have become today and
the person I plan to become someday now
social media does have us Entertainment
Berks how else would I be able to keep
tabs on my crush who lives an hour and a
half away with that everyone can find
their niche favorite TV shows brilliant
political debates and much more that can
lead to a pathway to what we aspire to
accomplish
when I was 15 I came to the conclusion
that I want to enter the medical field
how did I come to this deduction through
the influence of what I grew up with
almost 24 hours a day I was able to
naturally come to my decision by seeing
other people's experiences and how they
took that to find an occupation that
best suited them the abilities we have
to document and follow others in their
footsteps
let's just open our minds to a broader
concept of what else the world has to
offer for example that's how I know that
may sound Washington show Grey's Anatomy
on Netflix and arbitrary and medical
videos on YouTube there are rooms that
were compiled by my recent searches let
me narrow down my interests into one
solid course of study when when
Instagram was first introduced no one
thought it would develop into what it is
today
co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike
Kroeger initially worked in the app to
quote allow people to check in where
they were on their mobile app and quote
the app was simply a setup for people to
check-in where they were and what they
were doing after 9 years of growth and
updates the platform can be used to
start a business profile or reach out to
your followers through features such as
cuny's and voting polls these tools have
been used to create quality content that
extends a brand to the public or helps
advocate message not only has instagram
giving a voice to the common person
but others still shamea platforms have
given a voice to the voiceless to give
an example people who would have never
been able to put on a congress to be put
on a congress floor to speak about
issues such as hashtag black lives
matter and hashtag me too can now gain
awareness through campaigns let on any
platform to make a change come to
fruition on July 28th of 2019 I can
listed a pole on a screen titled how has
social media helps you find your passion
the poll served as an outlet to express
the positives or the negatives people in
our community and across New Jersey see
with social media the diversity and
responses I received was eye-opening to
how my fellow peers view social media a
from my own viewpoint the majority
responses that were submitted talked
about how social media lets people see
how their potential career or hobby is
being formed and how they will fit into
the picture someday Julianne being a
close friend of mine that is a senior at
Phillipsburg High School States
I used the interwebs to help me explore
the ins and outs of my future career
jillian is using the resources provided
at her fingertips to seek options that
could possibly lead her in a path that
she never thought she would be
interested in as she's even setting
herself up for a head start by getting
more knowledge about her future
occupation by researching about it she
plans to work with graphic designing as
social media platforms are the perfect
place to start researching this
particular career because of the amount
of creativity that is out there another
friend of mine that is a junior at North
Hardin high school Noah Stockwell
responds to the question by saying was
social media in my life
I've learned about the differences I can
make impossible careers Noah looks for
the details that stand out in his future
profession by looking at the uniqueness
of it documented in blog post now I am
personally I've seen take the time to
research other websites such as other
than Google and Yahoo because he is
aware that these other websites offers
so many ideas to help us find what we
want to surround ourselves with in the
future as the research just displayed
keep in mind that this information was
gathered through putting social media up
to good use all it takes is an open line
to make use of the tools at hand as you
leave today I ask you all to consider
the positive implications that social
media brings to the table it has helped
people find love joy and most
importantly in this case the ability to
find their voice and speak up for what
they believe in
for me this helped me navigate through a
time of confusion and unknown self-worth
that has eventually led me to this point
on stage if there's not a place for
people to talk about the things they
have accomplished and describe why it
has created a meaningful and dent in
their lives then others would not be
able to learn
be influenced by this conversation
reimagine what you have at your
fingertips reimagine social media thank
you for coming to my TED talk
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