Andrew Giambrone talks about the study he conducted in 2011 on 1000 Australian Internet users and found that people who feel lonely and anxious tend to spend more time on Facebook, while Moria Burka reported that people who spend more time on Facebook experience increased loneliness. Later in the article, Giambrone talks about college students experiencing unhappiness while in college. It raises some questions about this. He asks: “Should schools be direct custodians in loco parentes? Or should they simply help promote a positive environment for emotional well-being? Can institutions play such important roles?”. Personally, I think college shouldn't take responsibility like parents do. I think college students should think maturely because college is not like middle school where the school treats you like family. Students should take responsibility, at least try because we need to be able to make our own decision. Julia Fortier, a freshman student at Haverford College, says good grades and after-school activities can be very stressful, but you have to be happy to live your life in
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