As part of their Social Emotional Learning, our Grade 11 students discussed the negative impacts of social media at their Junior Seminar.

As part of their Social Emotional Learning, our Grade 11 students discussed the negative impacts of social media at their Junior Seminar. 

 

They watched the docudrama “The Social Dilemma,” which follows a fictional teenage boy as he becomes addicted to social media, manipulated by automated algorithms, and radicalized online.

 

Our students learned to recognize the systemic, big-picture dangers of phone use; how devices and social media shape our worldview, beliefs, and values; and how they can create division and polarization. Ultimately, it is all motivated by profit/money. 

 

They also learned to see God’s point of view on how they should live their lives and actionable steps they can take to regain control over their lives.