"Pictures are worth 1000 words" lol sure

Although photographs serve as a tool for retrieving memories, they fail to tell the full story and can often give a biased view of things. With the excessive use of social media nowadays, online photos distort reality and build false personas for users. Pictures are great for capturing instant moments, but they can't explain the full situation- this leads to the formation of misconceptions misinterpretations. Furthermore, people selectively choose the pictures they want to be seen on the internet and even edit them to make them more unrealistic. Something as simple as a camera angle can even alter how people judge a photo. All of these factors contribute to people drawing their own conclusions about someone with barely any evidence. I, myself, am extremely guilty of this. Sometimes I'll just be scrolling through Instagram, clicking on accounts, and quickly drawing conclusions about someone purely based on the four pictures they've posted in the past two months.
Recently, I've been exposed to all of my senior friends frantically trying to secure a roommate for the next school year. I was honestly taken aback by the process of this. They simply read a 100 word summary about someone's entire life and view a few pictures, and just from this, they decide whether or not they are interested in living with this unknown person for a full year. Pictures cannot accurately depict one's life, so it's insane to think that our society today relies so heavily on them to do exactly that.

I just realized that I actually used the cliche in the title of this blog for the intro and claim of one of my in-class essays earlier on (which was a bad idea because apparently, ap graders don't like cliches) and now I've taken a completely different stance on the topic.

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  1. Lauren MonaghanMay 4, 2019 at 10:21 PM

    Sophia I love this post because you discuss so many important ideas! I completely agree with you because people totally edit/take their pictures in a way that suits themselves, but not necessarily the situation that they are in. Amazing job again!

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  2. Dhatri MedarametlaMay 5, 2019 at 12:21 PM

    Sophia, this is such a nice post! I love how you brought up the roommate thing, as I see think that same energy is present on dating apps, or other Facebook groups. First impressions seem to be made mostly by physical appearance these days and that can be difficult, especially when getting to know a person. Great post:)

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  3. Isabella SmithMay 5, 2019 at 1:26 PM

    Sophia I loved reading this! I laughed at your title and I thought the example of the roommates was really good. It's crazy how you have to pick someone to basically share a room for a long time with just a short description of what the person is like

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  4. carol zhangMay 5, 2019 at 2:01 PM

    Hey Sophia! I liked how you connected your current experiences to the class topic. I too struggle with drawing conclusions from social media from obviously staged/doctored images, creating unrealistic standards for myself. Even though they've been proven to be inaccurate, it's hard to get rid of the ideas already created. Nice post!

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  5. molly capelliMay 5, 2019 at 2:46 PM

    I like your blog post this week, I think you did a great job! You have a lot of insight into the creative picture thing (idk how to describe it) we did this week, and the implications of that. Awesome job on your very last blog!

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