The Case of the Facebook Pictures
The Orientation Committee has spent most of the spring and summer finishing their plans for Fall Orientation, where they will welcome next year's incoming class of freshmen and transfer students . They even hosted a number of summer orientation events, which allow prospective students to have a first look at the campus in June and July .The Orientation Committee was able to meaningfully connect with a number of incoming freshmen, even becoming Facebook friends with them in order to stay in touch throughout the rest of the summer and into the fall semester . Two weeks before school starts, the Orientation Committee decides to hang out off campus and have a few drinks to relax and celebrate all their hard work . No one who is underage drinks, and no one goes over the legal limit .
Shortly thereafter, some pictures from that night are posted on Facebook . A prospective student is viewing the pictures on his home computer when his mom spots them . She is very upset to see "such behavior" from students at this University and refuses to allow her son to attend in the fall . She calls the president's office to angrily complain about the situation and he, in turn, calls you, the Orientation Committee Advisor, and tells you to "handle the situation ."
> What would you do?
In this situation I would agree with my mom. The reason for this is because I don't take that stupid crap from people. If they aren't going represent themselves in a proper manner then I do not want to attend. I would start to look for a different college to attend in the fall. It would not be worth it to go there and hurt my social networks.
ReplyDeleteIn this situation I would agree with my mom. The reason for this is because I don't take that stupid crap from people. If they aren't going represent themselves in a proper manner then I do not want to attend. I would start to look for a different college to attend in the fall. It would not be worth it to go there and hurt my social networks.
ReplyDeleteI would talk to the kids about the situation. It said that no underage drinkers were there and that they didn't go over the legal limit, so I would explain this to the mom. I would also tell the kids to be careful of their reputation though, and not post pictures next time.
ReplyDeleteI would explain to my mom that no underage drinkers were drinking and they didn't go over the legal limit. I would find out who posted the pictures and tell them, next time you should think before you do something, because you should never post pictures of yourself doing bad things. People will find out. If I were one of the people at the party, I would probably leave because even if you are not drinking you could get in trouble.
ReplyDeleteI would explain to the parent that no illegal drinking was going on and that they did not drink over the limit. I would explain that it does look bad but nothing bad was going on and that they would never try to pressure her son into drinking and that they would make sure he is safe.
ReplyDeleteIn this situation I would let the mom know that I am terribly sorry and tell her every college has these kind of things happen. If you let your kid come to this college I can a sure you that something like this wont happen again. I will not hesitate to suspend a student for this type of behavior. thank you for your time
ReplyDeleteI would explain to the mother that no one drinking was underage. I would still ask the students to take the pictures off of Facebook because even though they were of age students in an organization partying on film is not a very good way to represent your school.
ReplyDeleteI would explain to the Universities president and the mother that nothing needed to be "handled" and that every thing done was perfectly legal. No underaged drinking occurred, no one drank over the legal limit. I would explain to the mother and the president that by reacting in this way they were making fools of themselves and that nothing that they accused the students of doing was true. But... I would also tell the mother that if she still didn't agree with my decision she could decide to not let her son go to our college but I would also encourage her to let her son decide what he wants to do given that it is his future and not hers.
ReplyDeleteI think that there really isn't a problem. Nobody was doing anything illegal and really it is no different than sitting down with other people you are friends with and having a few everybody is legal and they aren't getting hammered so there is nothing that is that big of a deal.
ReplyDeleteI would tell her i am very sorry, but unless they start breaking the law im not going to do anything about it. I would continue by explaining that it's just another way for kids to go have fun and get to know each other a little bit better.
ReplyDeleteI would tell them that they should watch what they are posting. Its not that big of a deal if they do it once but if they do it a second time they should get suspended from work or fired.
ReplyDeletei would apologize. but this is rediculouse there was no illegal activity and there was nothing was really even happening. people were just having fun and having a few drinks with their friends. i just think some people over react. there are too many over assumptions that people have about these things anymore.
ReplyDeletei dont really think that there is a problem because there is no law being broke. So I dont think that I would do anything about it. because your in college so you need to have fun sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI would try to explain to the mother that there was nothing illegal going on. And that you can not control it if there isnt anything illegal going on. Untill that there is something illegal going on there isnt anything you can do. So I think that she needs to let her son make the decsion on where he wants to go to school.
ReplyDelete