FB and me (as a student)

Looking back, I've been in this job for like a year already. Looking at 3 batches of students.

Today I find myself in the role of a student, attending a workshop, listening to the lecturer. Now trying to feel what normally those who are seated in my lessons would feel like.

Could probably say that there is a slight hint of guilt that is flowing out. So well, I'm here FB-ing through the lesson. While that has sort of got on my nerves during my day to day work, looking at groups of around 40 people, with more than half caught on FB. But how could i blame that when the whole world is practically caught in it as well. The only thing that is more comforting is knowing that the workshop is on new media tools, so being on FB is part of the lesson.

While FB is already so integrated into our everyday lives such that its hard to imagine a day without it, and not to mention a day without computers, internet and most important of all, our mobile phones. What is worrying is that, due to this widespread usage and reliance on FB, are we shifting our lives to the online world?

With this technology, no one is ever far away anymore; everyone one is within the reach of your news feeds, or they are just a poke or a comment away. So this makes people spend more time trying to connect up with others, possibly ending up having fun in games and applications. Hopefully this extra time spent does not amount to end up becoming an addiction. And rather, more importantly, people do not spend time through virtual interaction in sacrifice of the real physical meetup and connection with people.

So where do you stand?

To make a disclaimer here, for lessons i do tolerate the presence of FB for i recognize the need and purpose of FB as a communicative tool which is pretty much a essential of human needs and that of civilisation. But having games and applications is totally on a different setting. The bottom line is about not compromising on the focus of the class and being able to understand what is being taught.