Snide Remarks

I just started my first year in college a little over a month ago. So far, I have not encountered many problems. Perhaps, I will but I guess what I learned when I was in high school still stays with me. One of which was being a responsible journalist.

But what does responsibility entail?

re·spon·si·ble [ri spónssəb'l]

adjective

1.	answerable to somebody: accountable to somebody for an action or for the successful carrying out of a duty Jo was responsible for that phase of the project.
2.	being to blame for something: being the cause of something, usually something wrong or disapproved of Who's responsible for this mess?

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They say 'think before you click' and this is true in so many ways. We are responsible for whatever we say/post especially in social media.

Now, as a student journalist and a past student from a pilot section, I think speaking up in a straightforward way is important. And speaking in a straightforward AND responsible way, even more so. 

We came from the first section of our batch. We are educated people. We do NOT post snide remarks. Even if we are in different paths now, we still came from a high school that taught us so many invaluable things. We were taught how to communicate properly with other people. I guess, since we're in the bigger world of college life, we can start applying those lessons now. 

Communication is a two-way process. In my opinion, since I had been taught how, I should communicate with people properly. If I have a problem with someone, I should inform that person about it, and I expect the same way to be done with me. Posting snide remarks will never get me or any other person anywhere. It will just create a bigger chasm between two parties when it should have been resolved by proper communication in the first place. 

If you don't like someone's post/comment/opinion, tell that person directly, privately. Do not make it into an even bigger deal (especially if that opinion was not DIRECTED at you) because it will just look like you're asking for an argument. When you can resolve something peacefully, why don't you?

 "Two monologues do not make a dialogue." - Jeff Daly