Social Media- Followers

RonaldP66
Fri, 21 Dec 2018 20:03:07 +0000

Hi

First timer here… so be patient. I’m a parent to a high school sophomore. We’re starting to talk about colleges (and probably more me than her) figuring out what colleges, etc. I would like to ask how advantageous it is that my daughter taught herself Sign Language and has about 110k followers on a social media site where she teaches other kids across the country Sign Language through popular songs. There is nothing stupid or racy on her social media site. She was taught a long time ago that your digital imprint follows you forever so she’s been really smart about that. Quick backstory… her half sister (who’s 20 years older) was going deaf and my daughter was fearful that her half-sister wouldn’t be able to communicate with the family, etc. So my daughter immersed herself in Sign Language, started a club at school, started signing at her school masses, and even did a documentary about Sign Language which has been entered into many competitions. My daughter doesn’t have plans to study Sign Language in college but I’ve been advised it’s a great subject she can write about on a college application essay. The fact that Sign Language forces kids (people) to put down their phones and look people in the eye and engage with others… something lacking these days with all of us. I’d love any advice if this is a good route to go when she starts applying to college and writing those all important essays.