[BarryRX]

Originally Posted by golf2140

Why, facebook. It only causes trouble.

Nothing could be farther from the truth. Trough Facebook I have been able to reconnect with old friends that I had lost touch with over the years. We recently, through Facebook, found relatives that we thought had died in the holocaust, but had made their way to Israel after WWII.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by golf2140

Why, facebook. It only causes trouble.

That is how I feel, I'm a member but I use it rarely. One night I got an extremely belligerent and threatening note from someone I didn't know. I'm sure he meant it for someone else, but it just made me aware there are a lot of nasty people out there. I don't trust Facebook as fas as privacy settings go.

[jannd228]

I originally joined Facebook at request of my then principal of the high school I worked at. There was a bullying problem, I was an ELA/tech teacher. I asked my Honors English class what "Spacebook" was, the word my principal used. I was cautioned if administration at the higher level knew I could be fired, there was a clause in our contracts against social media. I know people who have lost their jobs in ed over Facebook inappropriate postings.

After a few snickers two volunteered to help me after school set up a profile. I had to use my dance studio (then closed for 20 years) as a "page", Facebook was new, very few classifications like they have now. I needed to see how pages, groups, and posts worked so I could help the guidance department with the bullying issues.

For me I reconnected with many wonderful former dance students who helped convince me to come "home" and visit, which I did. I keep in touch with friends from an area of Boston where I lived as a child. We all went to the same Catholic elementary school together for 9 years, K-grade 8. We held a reunion in May. We thought only 50 would show up, 300 did.

For me, it is a way to view others. My former students I see what wonderful parents they have become and watch the growing pains of parenthood (first day of preschool and kindergarten was big this week).

The dance teacher stalker is a lost soul. She wants the new business model I designed. She doesn't understand I have two areas of focus MA and FL. I have no intention of holding events in PA. It is a retirement business, but the model is new and my grand nephew thinks it could be worth millions, ah to be young again.

It is a good way to reconnect if you want to. If you don't ignore it. As one whose focus is to improve dance teaching, I try to get the young teachers to realize our business has changed, and to see what parents see. It is an enrichment activity, short term. Parents want scrapbook moments for their children, not a lifetime commitment.

If you have questions about Internet safety or Facebook, PM me. I'll try to answer.

[asianthree]

I get all of the grand kids pics on face book in the moment....If you do not want someone to read post on your threads...don't friend them...they go to any time line and read posts that are public...and for all you know they may already have them as friends. It's too middle school for me..to exclude because somebody doesn't like somebody

[jannd228]

Originally Posted by asianthree

I get all of the grand kids pics on face book in the moment....If you do not want someone to read post on your threads...don't friend them...they go to any time line and read posts that are public...and for all you know they may already have them as friends. It's too middle school for me..to exclude because somebody doesn't like somebody

I agree, BUT don't forget it was started by a college student and some of what goes on there is still very middle and high school concepts.