Should employers be asking job applicants for social network passwords?



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In my opinion, they shouldn't. Asking for an applicant’s username and password is going too far.  If it’s private, no one has the right to intrude. There should be a line between personal and private and this would seem to violate it.

Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities reads, “You will not share your password, let anyone else access your account, or do anything … that might jeopardize the security of your account.” So to me this means employers may be violating the Facebook terms of use. 

What can you do if an employer asks for your login information? It's a tough decision, because not complying could cost you a job offer.  Also you would have to consider whether you would want to work for a company that didn't respect your privacy.  And would you want to have to worry about everything you post on Facebook and twitter during your term with that company?

Limiting social network checks to the applicant’s LinkedIn site (employer joining the network of the employee) makes more sense to me because that is a professional site, less likely to display information inappropriate to consider when hiring.  

It is a poor idea to lie to yourself

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The worst lies are the ones we subconsciously tell ourselves.  They’ve been ingrained in our minds by bad external influences and negative thinking. It is a fact we all care about what people think of us. Mostly because whatever we decide to become in life, we are guided or misled by the groups we are to belong to, with requirements that have to be met in order to fit and be accepted in those groups.

If we are not happy with where we are in life, it’s better to change the situation before it becomes uncontrollable. Because what happens is that you spend a lot of time and effort trying to convince yourself that you are happy with your current situation, and yet you are sad and miserable when you are alone.

The sound of one hand clapping



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The sound of one hand clapping is silence. The silence refers to the essence of being which is nothingness. The concept of clapping implies that a sound is being produced by two surfaces coming into contact, even if only one of them is actually moving. We don't have to wait for both sides of a relationship to participate before bringing about beneficial change. Everything in life is in a relationship to everything else.  

As a being on earth u can’t survive alone without resources to help you survive and live. You are one clapping hand which is silent, so to make a noise you need to connect with something in order to have an effect of any kind.  

My graduation experience



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To me graduation is supposed to be about getting your qualification and hitting the road. But that is not the case. There is a lot that goes into you getting that certificate. It is called the Graduation Ceremony.

For some reason students who are waiting to graduate make a big deal of this ceremony. I didn’t understand why and so I didn’t. I didn’t see the point of shopping for a new dress and shoes and so I didn’t. I didn’t understand the big hype about it at all.

The morning of the graduation ceremony I wondered why I was not feeling excited like the rest of the people I was to graduate with. The Ceremony itself was way too boring for me. I felt like I was sitting at a funeral. Kept dozing off when the guest speaker was speaking.  Not to mention when students were being called to get their qualifications.

I only started feeling something when it was my turn to and waiting to go on stage. I felt good because I was finally going to get the qualification I was working for.

Waking up extra early and sitting through that dreadful and boring ceremony was all worth it after all.

Not all who wander are lost.

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If not all who wander are lost then what are they? If you don’t know what you want or where you are going in life, are you not lost? To wander is defined as to move about without a definite destination or purpose. To me this is simple. If you don’t have a purpose or you still on the journey of trying to find yourself, then you are lost. If you haven't found “IT” yet, you are lost. This doesn’t mean you should stop looking because when you do find “IT’’ you will know.

The secret is in the portions



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Many people suffer from being over weight and bloated. With the hectic daily routine, it is difficult to maintain a healthy diet. That includes both eating right and exercising. I am one of the people that have had this problem. I used to eat one big meal a day and sometimes ate the “requires” 3 meals a day. Because of this bad habit I was always bloated, constipated and gained a lot of weight. To top it all, I stopped going to the gym.



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There are hundreds of ways on how to lose weight and get into shape “without exercising”. I decided change my bad eating habits. Instead of eating one big portion of food a day, I decided to break down my meals into smaller portions. I started eating 6 small portions and drink at least 2liters of water a day, but not scratching anything out of my food list. I still ate hat I wanted.



After following this habit of eating, I noticed that I started becoming more regular and lost the weight I had gained. I didn’t go back to the gym but I started jogging now and again.

The secret is to eat the right portions then you can eat anything.

Siblings becoming enemies

I always hear my mom telling my brother and me how much she hates it when we argue. We always tell her to stay out of it, because it is between us and has nothing to do with her. Only after she explained to us, did we then understand why she hates it when we argue. She said the way my brother and I act and treat each other scars her, because it shows her that, this is how we would act should anything happen to her. The worse thing for her is watching her children become enemies and turn their backs on each other.

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How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole?

One of the hardest things in to do is having to make a decision that could change your life, either in a good or bad way.  Regardless of what the outcome of the decision is, it is better to live with a bad choice made on good faith, than to live with “what if” for the rest of your life. Not to say don’t calculate your risks, because calculated risks guarantee less disappointment. You will never know what you are capable of if you never take a risk.

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 “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”  Andre Gide