While reading “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou, I had a big eye open on how thankful I should be of my life. Maya Angelou had a very bumpy life. She went through many troubles even since she was very little. One of those troubles was her parents sending them away. Being away from your parents can be a life changing, so would be not knowing who your parents are. It is something that was very sad, especially when you are so young and you are barely starting to know the people that are around your life. Personally I had a friend that used to be my neighbored and he used to live with his uncle. He’s parents did not have the money to support him at the moment, so they send him away to his uncles house.  Eventually when he was 12 his parents tried to get back into their sons life, but it was too late. My friend said that he was fine without his parents the first 12 years of his life, so he would be okay without them. His parents insisted until he gave up, and gave his parents a chance to be in his life again. Being part of a kid’s life in the first years is something that is very important. Knowing that your parents support you and are there for you I believe is the most important part of a kid’s life.

While reading “virtual popularity isn’t cool- It’s pathetic” by Ian Daly. Daly is trying to make the society understand, that anyone that thinks or believes that because you have many friends on social media is going to make you cool. I believe as well as Daly that is not going to make you cool, instead is going to make you look pathetic. Having and gaining friends on social media is really easy to do. Is so easy that people to this day have competitions on who has more friends, or who can gain more friends in the shortest time. At this point, people should really think about if social media is doing any good in their lives. As well as if they should worry about other things that are more important, like work, homework. Something that should scared people about social media is who they are accepting and who they are not. By trying to have a large number or people “followers” on social media, people accept or add anyone that comes their way. Most people that have a social media account don’t know 60% to 80% of their social media friends. The scary part is that they don’t know if this people added them because they have good intentions or bad intentions. They could be stocking them, or trying to follow up on their social media life’s so they can know where you go, where you live, where you eat, etc… Some people can use this information that you put up on the internet as a weapon against you. Other people on social media cannot live a day without being on it. This people are the people that are the ones posting the most information out of everyone else. This people are scared to be missing out if they don’t check their social media every 5 seconds, and forget about what is really important.