I t ’ s hard to be yourself on social media
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B y : E d d i e Ta w i l
Barkai Yeshiva
When Michael got a new skateboard,
he took a picture of it and he got a
lot of likes. Michael really hates to
skateboard but he only bought it to
be popular. Michael was only acting to like it. Also, his friend told him
that it was so cool. His friend also
told him that if he didn’t get one, he
By being yourself,
wouldn’t be popular. Michael couldn’t
you put something
he wouldn’t be popular. Michael is
in the world that was
not post real comments on Face-
not there before.
By: Renee Hadef
Magen David Yeshivah
Do you have true friends or fake
just do what he wanted to do or else
always afraid to be himself. He does
book. It’s just what other people like.
By: Moshe Chaya
Barkai Yeshiva
You should use social media the right
By: Moshe Benhamu
Barkai Yeshiva
When I got home one day, I went on
way. The right way is that you should
Facebook. I saw that people began
follow your own goals. Do not follow
to follow people who surfed. I went
other people’s goals. Be individual!
on line to get a picture of a kid surf-
Be who you are! Don’t follow other
ing. I posted it in Facebook and I got
people just to be cool. An example
of the down side of social media is
that if you see a picture of Instagram
more followers. Social media strips
our individual qualities. If you like music and people don’t, you’ll get a dif-
friends? Your followers aren’t your
friends. Some are but some aren’t. You
shouldn’t be jealous of someone who
has more followers than you. Don’t
change your identity because you want
to be “cool”. Do what you feel comfortable. A friend is someone who will be
there all the time. They will lend you a
helping hand and a shoulder to cry on.
book, you can’t express your feelings
B y : M i r i a m Tu r k i e h
Barkai Yeshiva
Instagram, Facebook. All social media
because your friends aren’t really your
distracts you from being you! When
friends. It locks you away from be-
do you ever stop and think, “What
ing yourself and having true friends.
do I want to do?” When you are in
your teenage years, all your friends
media the right way and be yourself.
B y : Yi s r a e l M e i r O v a d i a
Barkai Yeshiva
If a cool person likes one type of
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music, then everyone follows him.
that has a lot of likes, you try posting
that same picture to get more likes.
Use social media the right way. Real
friends are friends who care about
you and let you be yourself. Those
are your real friends and those are the
people you should be with. Use social
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ferent hobby you don’t like. On Face-
They don’t search for the music they
actually like but the one he likes.
74 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Magazine 718-909-6060
spend and spend and you don’t think
you need all the things your friends
buy. But, you are under pressure to
buy things that you don’t really want.
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