Seniors: Verify that the spelling of your name on Virtual Counselor is correct, as that will be the name printed on your high school diploma. If you need any corrections made to your name, contact Mrs. Pena (email is in the picture) by Friday, Jan. 29. 🎓 #msd #eagleeye pic.twitter.com/j8ay0Hg6c6
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Today, President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. The inauguration will take place at 12:00 p.m. in the steps of the U.S. Capitol. 🇺🇸 #president #inauguration #msd #EagleEye pic.twitter.com/xDoaPQImc0
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Olivia Rodrigo’s new song “Drivers License” is a hit among fans, read more about it: eagleeye.news/artsandleisure…
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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. day! Dr. King will always be remembered for his courageous leadership during the civil rights movement. #MLK #MLK2021 l #CivilRights #eagleeye #msd #newspaper pic.twitter.com/bZR1yvg2nK
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Eagles Win! Girls Varsity Soccer: The Stoneman Douglas High School Eagles defeat the West Broward High School Bobcats 3 to 1 scorestream.com/game/stoneman… #ScoreStream
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The Eagles score a free kick to extend their lead! Girls Varsity Soccer: The Stoneman Douglas High School Eagles lead the West Broward High School Bobcats 3 to 1 in the 1st half scorestream.com/game/stoneman… #ScoreStream pic.twitter.com/piLeqCEYHV
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F Mia Engelbart (10) scores a close shot to give the Eagles the lead! Girls Varsity Soccer: The Stoneman Douglas High School Eagles lead the West Broward High School Bobcats 2 to 1 in the 1st half scorestream.com/game/stoneman… #ScoreStream pic.twitter.com/pFwcwgGS7Z
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MF Lilly Conn (5) taps home a goal to tie the game! Girls Varsity Soccer: The Stoneman Douglas High School Eagles and the West Broward High School Bobcats are all tied up at 1 in the 1st half scorestream.com/game/stoneman… #ScoreStream pic.twitter.com/6KqTiO3Pyj
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Eagles: All spring sports stated in the picture will begin on Monday, Feb. 1. Make sure you wish all of our Eagles good luck with their upcoming seasons! 🦅 #msd #eagleeye #newspaper #sports pic.twitter.com/K4nZBvGz2r
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(2/2) On Friday, Feb. 12, MSD will be honoring the loved ones we lost on Feb. 14 with a Day of Service and Love. Students and Parents, please fill out the survey related to the Day of Service and Love that can be found on the MSD website. 🦅❤️ #msd #eagleeye #eagles pic.twitter.com/GXZeQW9XVi
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(1/2) On Friday, Feb. 12, MSD will be honoring the loved ones we lost on Feb. 14 with a Day of Service and Love. Students and Parents, please fill out the survey related to the Day of Service and Love that can be found on the MSD website. 🦅❤️ #msd #eagleeye #eagles pic.twitter.com/PlMgh59eFW
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Students adjust back to online school after winter break, read more about it: eagleeye.news/feature/studen…
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Covid-19 restrictions transform the practice of holiday shopping, read more about it: eagleeye.news/feature/covid-…
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Happy National Technology Day! Reply and let us your favorite piece of technology! 📸📲💻
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[Editorial] Schools should teach mandatory life skills like taxes and home economics, read more about it: eagleeye.news/editorial/edit…
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“#Being13: Inside the Secret World of Teens” Review
by Alexa KravitzThe two-year investigation followed 200 eighth graders at eight different schools in six states around the country and monitored how they use their Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts, and to what extent these accounts affect their every day lives.
After reviewing 150,000 posts, the study revealed a variety of messages ranging from mean and threatening to supportive to explicit. It also showed that teens check their social media feeds more than they actually post, a concept known as “lurking.” One teen featured on the report admitted to checking her social media accounts around 200 times a day.
When asked for the reason behind their obsessive checking, 21 percent said they check to ensure that no one is saying anything bad about them, 36 percent say they want to be sure they are not being excluded, and 61 percent say they are checking to make sure the things they are posting are getting acknowledged with likes and comments.
The special report also revealed a darker side to social media, one that helps facilitate bullying. Some teens engage in “subtweeting,” where negative comments are made about someone without saying the person’s name, but everyone knows whom they are referring to. Another tactic is deliberately not tagging someone in a picture to purposely exclude him or her from the group. Experts attribute all of these tactics to a quest for popularity.
Another method of social media interaction for teens is through the use of the “selfie.” Teens like to take pictures of themselves, but for some, the selfie has become something of a religion.
“I made this Google document of all my rules and requirements on how to take a selfie,” one teen admitted. “I take a lot of pictures- don’t judge- I take like 100 pictures usually, 150, maybe 200 sometimes if I really can’t get the right one.”
Taking so many pictures leads teens to obsess over how they are being perceived by others, and in order to gauge this, they constantly check their phones for comments and likes. Experts find this behavior to border on addiction.
Marion Underwood, a child clinical psychologist, explains that teens are “addicted to the peer connection and affirmation that they’re able to get via social media. It’s not the screens or the devices,” she says, “it’s the access that social media gives them to each other.”
Alexa Kravitz
Alexa Kravitz is an incoming senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and will be the co-Editor-in-Chief of The Eagle Eye newsmagazine. She loves writing and animals, and aspires to either pursue a career in public relations or veterinary medicine in the future.