Embedded Files
Do you need help? Before asking Dr. Pollina ➔
BEFORE YOU LEAVE STEM
I have some wisdom to bestow, if you choose to accept it
ABOUT TECHNOLOGY:
Remember the amount of access
YOU GIVE for your data:
Your location?
Your Camera Roll?
Your CAMERA & MICROPHONE?
They are tracking you to learn about you and what you might buy
"Personalized Advertising"
(To fight against this, use DDG browser instead of Chrome and turn on tracking protection!)
ALSO hackers can steal this data and will use it against you!
Don't share too much about your life!
Any picture you take on a device connected to the internet is automatically shared and never disappears 🫢
Be careful not to fall for BOTS, TROLL TRAPS & RAGE BAIT
BOTS are programs designed to mimic commenters or players in a game
Most comments are bots replying to other bots
Most Fortnite matches are over 80% bot players to make you feel like a better player
MOST of the internet is fake or false to get people riled up or to scam them
CHECK MULTIPLE SOURCES BEFORE BELIEVING NEW INFORMATION!
"A lie can travel halfway around the world
while the truth is putting on its shoes"
-Mark Twain (1919)
DO NOT SHARE ANYTHING THAT YOU CANNOT BACK UP WITH SOURCES
BotFarm2.mp4TrollBotFarm.mp4If you're in public, you are probably on camera!
Stores record all shoplifters, some just keep all of the videos until they steal a $$ total
THEN they contact the police, at that point, it is a FELONY (long jail time)
just because you're "getting away" with some things on your devices, doesn't mean someone isn't keeping track 👀
Remember, there are very cool technologies to look forward to:
Immersive Virtual Reality
Video Gaming Scholarships
Self Driving Cars
Drone Delivery
Brain-to-Computer Interface
What comes after TikTok? It might get banned!
Maybe you design the next big thing!
Technology will always change and improve
It is your job to teach yourself new technologies or programs if you want to be successful
Especially if you are looking for a job or career!
If you want to be competitive in the job market, you have to assume someone else is trying to learn more than you
EVERY Job uses technology
ABOUT LIFE:
Only compare your current self to your past self
What other people think of you
is none of your business
Do what makes you happy anyway
(within reason)
What Career path should you take?
What are you GOOD AT?
What do you LOVE?
Combine that with:
What does the WORLD NEED?
What can you be PAID FOR?
All 4 combined = Ikigai
(purpose or reason for living)
STEM Courses at Lake Forest High School
make the most of your elective classes!
some will count toward college credit!
Robotics
Home Improvement & Design
CAD Architecture
CAD Engineering
AP Computer Science
Guitar Making
CREATE > consume
Creating/learning new things is always better for you & your brain than consuming content/media
Apps are designed to keep you on your device as long as possible, to show the most amount of advertisements possible, to get you to spend your money on things you don't need
(you can still scroll through memes and look up tutorial videos, just be careful)
Are you the passenger in your life? Or the one driving it?
Time is your most precious asset - don’t let it go to waste!
Report abuse