When the end of the quarter approaches or progress reports are emailed out, it is commonplace to come across mere acquaintance’s full academic history on their twitter pages. It’s not that I don’t care about connecting with you online, but some things are just not meant to be shared.
We know you’re proud of your grades, and you should be. You worked your butt off to get those grades and you should be rewarded. But let’s be real: Maybe share with your close friends and they’ll congratulate you, but not every single one of your 300+ twitter followers care or want to know about it. It’s one thing when you post your bad grades online because everyone has been through a rough class and can sympathize and give encouragement. Though when you post your A+++ grades, perhaps it’s not meant this way, but it comes off as bragging.
Also posting your excellent grades to everyone is considered shoving it in their faces. It’s equivalent to you going around to each person and showing them your report card. When the end of the quarter rolls around we never see people running up and down the hallways shouting out their grades. When you post your 105 in history it’s as if you were shouting, “Look at me! Look at my grades! Acknowledge how well I did.”
In addition, it’s a bit inconsiderate to those Spartans who try really hard but just can’t get that A in whatever class they are struggling in. Granted, we have a few students who honestly just don’t care, but then there are those who really do. If one of your friends failed a test and you got a 100%, you wouldn’t go up to them and tell them about how easy and great you did on it, so don’t do it online. You don’t know what other people are struggling with, so try and be as considerate as possible.
In a lot of online situations, people don’t realize that the way you conduct yourself in person should directly translate to how you conduct yourself online. Whether it’s cyber bullying, sexting, or just being a braggart about your grades, people seem to change when they can hide behind their keyboard. A lot of upstanding, nice peers fall prey to these behaviors online so check yourself and don’t demote yourself to these levels. Everyone at WS is considerate and kind so keep it that way online too.