Facebook Users Are Poorer Students — And Dont Know It
Facebook Users Are Poorer Students — And Dont Know It | Epicenter from Wired.com
Like drunk drivers who insist to the arresting officer that the booze has no affect on their ability behind the wheel, college students who are on Facebook are poorer students than those who dont partake — and say it has no impact on their studies. A study by a Ohio State University education researcher Aryn Karpinski found that the GPAs of Facebook users were in the 3.0 to 3.5 range, compared to 3.5-4.0 for non users. Not a huge spread, but maybe the difference between the grad school of your choice and your safe school. True scientist that she is, Karpinski reports this as a correlation, not necessarily a matter of cause and effect.This and a heavy dose of law preaching from my campus friends convinced me. I no longer get email from Facebook. I am absconding Twitter. They are over. Yes, I read blogs but I've whittled those down to maybe 60 posts per day, many of which can be easily skimmed or captured for archive. Its far too easy to waste time.
