“In the cases where I was defriended, it was without warning and I hate to admit it, but I felt rejected,” she said. “It is interesting how Facebook can feel just like being back in the seventh grade.”
Ah yes, the seventh grade - that universal metaphor for all that is uncomfortable about human relationships: insecurity, irrationality, unkindness. Kind of makes you wonder what kind of person would choose to spend her days with seventh graders, doesn't it?
(Here's the article.)
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I loved teaching the seventh and eighth graders. They were so open to encouragement and praise. Certainly they experienced such highs and lows, which often made them exceptionally open to things of the Lord. They were starting to think for themselves and their core beliefs were starting to cement.
It's a strange and wonderful time that one is privileged to influence when given the opportunity.
I was "unfriended" by some Facebook people and it was puzzling and surpisingly painful. If we didn't live overseas, I don't think I would use Facebook at all!
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