Giorgia Ponti<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n I would have never expected such a scene in English class. Not for a simple wall post anyway. A little while ago, as I logged onto my Facebook account, I saw that my friend had tagged me in one of her posts. As I clicked on the notification, I saw that she had found a picture of a random guy that looked very similar, if not exactly, like the well-known, sassy, and sarcastically clever English teacher, Jeremy Dickstein. We all had a couple of laughs, posted a few comments, and made a few jokes. No big deal right?<\/p>\n A couple of days later, as I walked into English class and put my bag down. I then saw So I had a good laugh and showed it to my At this point, he\u2019s staring right at me and my Right at that moment, I realized that I had Giorgia Ponti I would have never expected such a scene in English class. Not for a simple wall post anyway. A little while ago, as I logged onto my Facebook account, I saw that my friend had tagged me in … Continue reading
\nthe printed out, black and white copy of the picture of the Dickstein
\nlook-a-like, taped to the back of the chair that was right in front of my usual
\nseat\u2026It was obviously the grade 12\u2019s that had class with
\nhim right before I did. They probably saw the joke on Facebook, and thought
\nthat my friend and I were so damn funny, that they wanted to be part of the
\ninside joke too. At least that\u2019s what I thought, or better yet, what I wanted
\nto believe. I remember feeling incredibly smug.<\/p>\n
\nfriends who immediately laughed along with me. Little did I know that my
\nlaughter was just 75 minutes away from turning into a heart attack. As the
\nlunch bell rang, our whole English class started to pack up their stuff.
\nHowever, before we all headed off to lunch, Dickstein made sure to say one last
\nthing. He grabs the picture and holds it up for everyone to see. He says that
\nhe was the one who printed it out. I start to panic a little bit, but I refused
\nto believe it; there\u2019s no way he could\u2019ve seen that post. He continues talking,
\nreminding us that anything that is posted on the internet can be seen by
\nanyone, that just because your security settings are set to \u201conly friends\u201d, it doesn\u2019t
\nnecessarily mean that in the end only your friends are going to see your posts
\nand shares and comments and likes.<\/p>\n
\nfriend, with a smirk on his face. As we started screaming of embarrassment with
\nour hands over our mouths, Dickstein decides to mention that he\u2019s seen all of
\nour comments too. My friend runs out of class, speechless and ashamed. But the
\nonly thing that I\u2019m thinking of, are my comments. What in the world did I say?!
\nWithout even asking I take my other friend\u2019s iPhone and try to log onto Facebook
\nas fast as possible. And to make the situation even better, there\u2019s no Wi-Fi,
\nand Facebook isn\u2019t working. I look around, and the first thing I see is
\nDickstein, with the biggest smile on his face, filled with joy and
\nsatisfaction. He explains to me that he had dressed like the guy in the picture
\nand that throughout the whole class he tried his best to stand just like him,
\njust so somebody would notice. I try to calm down but it\u2019s useless. I hold out
\nmy hand and apologize to him countless times. He accepts the apology and walks
\nout of class, still laughing, along with Mr. DeSilva, who was just one of the
\nother teachers that knew what Dickstein had planned for us that day.<\/p>\n
\njust gotten \u201ctrolled\u201d (for lack of a better word) by my own English teacher. I
\nknow that you\u2019ve heard this a thousand times before, whether it was from your
\nparents and\/or teachers, and I know that you think it\u2019s repetitive and that
\neverybody\u2019s just paranoid, but don\u2019t think that something like this will never
\nhappen to you. Next time you\u2019re sharing, tweeting, or re-blogging something
\nthat you think is so funny on the internet, stop for a moment and consider the
\nfact that anyone could be seeing it. And it\u2019s not just about security settings,
\nword of mouth can spread just as fast as internet posts. As for me? I haven\u2019t
\nshared a single post since that day, and now I can\u2019t walk into English class
\nwithout being a little paranoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"