Facebook.
Truly a great tool for networking, but it can also work against you: Case in point....
When I was hired at the University, they went through EVERYTHING on my background, including my Facebook. Now, I learned my lesson quick and revised the friend list to being theater-only people, and telling my friends and family to keep up in the good old direct ways. This re-route of social elements allows me to hook up with producers, find auditions and get work pretty easy without having to wade through a bunch of stupid surveys or teenage wasters and their emo surveys. I also keep my mentions pretty professional, and it's definitely a work attire run there. When you do this, Facebook is GREAT!
But, some people don't realize that what you do online reflects on YOU, since our personal selves and our online selves are so interconnected these days.
This is what one kid failed to realize.
A grad student made a comment that a co-worker of his mistook him for Colombian and not Mexican. He found it humorous. I mentioned that I get it all the time as well, with people thinking I'm Irish because I was born in North Ireland (which is English predominantly). Then this undergrad friend of his says something to the effect "English and Irish aren't races. You should take a Sociology class".
I responded that one shouldn't make cultural corrections unless they are part of that culture, and that the worldview is alot different where I am from.
THIS is where the kid fucks up....
He goes off, insisting I should just go back home because that's where drunken IRA types belong.
Now, did I mention that this student's full real name is on his Facebook profile, and he happens to be a theater student doing a work-study at my Venue? Yeah, writing down racial epithets towards a staff member for the whole local metro theater community to see when you're not even a grad student is NOT a smart idea.
But, he'll learn this soon enough by his own actions.
Truly a great tool for networking, but it can also work against you: Case in point....
When I was hired at the University, they went through EVERYTHING on my background, including my Facebook. Now, I learned my lesson quick and revised the friend list to being theater-only people, and telling my friends and family to keep up in the good old direct ways. This re-route of social elements allows me to hook up with producers, find auditions and get work pretty easy without having to wade through a bunch of stupid surveys or teenage wasters and their emo surveys. I also keep my mentions pretty professional, and it's definitely a work attire run there. When you do this, Facebook is GREAT!
But, some people don't realize that what you do online reflects on YOU, since our personal selves and our online selves are so interconnected these days.
This is what one kid failed to realize.
A grad student made a comment that a co-worker of his mistook him for Colombian and not Mexican. He found it humorous. I mentioned that I get it all the time as well, with people thinking I'm Irish because I was born in North Ireland (which is English predominantly). Then this undergrad friend of his says something to the effect "English and Irish aren't races. You should take a Sociology class".
I responded that one shouldn't make cultural corrections unless they are part of that culture, and that the worldview is alot different where I am from.
THIS is where the kid fucks up....
He goes off, insisting I should just go back home because that's where drunken IRA types belong.
Now, did I mention that this student's full real name is on his Facebook profile, and he happens to be a theater student doing a work-study at my Venue? Yeah, writing down racial epithets towards a staff member for the whole local metro theater community to see when you're not even a grad student is NOT a smart idea.
But, he'll learn this soon enough by his own actions.
sounds like HE'S the one who should be taking a sociology class.
and i'm pretty sure he's be the first one screaming racism if someone started throwing negative cultural stereotypes his direction.