Comments on: Facebook trumps yearbook http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/facebook-trumps-yearbook/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anthony http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/facebook-trumps-yearbook/#comment-75456 Anthony Thu, 15 May 2008 22:24:51 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/facebook-trumps-yearbook/#comment-75456 superdestroyer, my high school had 3000, and I bought the yearbook; the same was true for several nearby public schools, where the yearbooks were still fairly popular. We had cliques, and all that, too. I haven't gone to most of my reunions, because they're expensive and at non-exciting places. superdestroyer, my high school had 3000, and I bought the yearbook; the same was true for several nearby public schools, where the yearbooks were still fairly popular. We had cliques, and all that, too.

I haven’t gone to most of my reunions, because they’re expensive and at non-exciting places.

]]> By: wahoofive http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/facebook-trumps-yearbook/#comment-75423 wahoofive Thu, 15 May 2008 15:28:46 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/facebook-trumps-yearbook/#comment-75423 It'll be hard to look at a "virtual" yearbook 20 years later. It’ll be hard to look at a “virtual” yearbook 20 years later.

]]> By: superdestroyer http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/facebook-trumps-yearbook/#comment-75415 superdestroyer Thu, 15 May 2008 12:53:16 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/05/15/facebook-trumps-yearbook/#comment-75415 It is probably also an effect of the growing size of high schools. At a school of 2400, most of your fellow students are probably strangers. In addition, diversity is probably causing it. High schools are so diverse, the many of the students only care about their ethnic group or clique. Why pay 100 dollars for a yearbook with pictures of groups that a student had nothing to do with. I also wonder if Mexico, Korea, China, or India have a tradition of yearbooks. If you look at high school reunions, they have also probably going to go away. Can anyone image going to a reunion with 600 fellow graduates where most of the students are were total stranger 10 or 20 years ago. It is probably also an effect of the growing size of high schools. At a school of 2400, most of your fellow students are probably strangers. In addition, diversity is probably causing it. High schools are so diverse, the many of the students only care about their ethnic group or clique. Why pay 100 dollars for a yearbook with pictures of groups that a student had nothing to do with. I also wonder if Mexico, Korea, China, or India have a tradition of yearbooks.

If you look at high school reunions, they have also probably going to go away. Can anyone image going to a reunion with 600 fellow graduates where most of the students are were total stranger 10 or 20 years ago.

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