ISU professor says Facebook not to blame for negative impact on grades
No, that isn’t giving you free reign to screw around all of the time. This is a counter-study that shows that Facebook isn’t specifically to blame. Any regular distraction can hurt your grades. Imagine that while you are studying and doing homework, a mosquito bites you on the ear every 24 minutes. That would suck. The anticipation of the next one would suck. You’d be unable to get deep enough in to your work to do anything productive. That’s what having a tab open to Facebook or your phone next to you with a chat open does to you. Your brain is a diver and the treasure of awesome smartness is on the bottom of the ocean. If you keep breaking concentration to come back up, you’ll never get to the bottom. Read More…
