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SOCIAL MEDIA AND FRIENDSHIPS EFFECTS ON EDUCATION

Social Media and Friendships effects on education 
Written by Shamninder Sahota

By 2030, the evolution of social media and the availability of all content on the internet would also effect the education system. As everyone would be on social media, the predictions are that the Colleges would close due to the large fees and an increase burden on our youth. Looking at numbers from Apple ITunesU enrollment of over 1 billion students, alone can tell us how the trends will change in the future. (Frey, 2013)
If our children don’t get to colleges and form online learning, it would impact their friendships as they would not have the opportunity to meet their peers in the community and relying on Social Media friends that they can have in another part of the world, which in turn would cause very little to no human interface. They would be replaced with, “Social structures are changing and the value of relationships built in college, while often quite valuable, are equally often overrated. Just as a dating relationship today is far more likely to begin online, business and social relationships in the future will also happen in far different ways.” (Fred, 2013). 

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Frey, T. (2013). By 2030 over 50% of Colleges will Collapse. Retrieved from https://futuristspeaker.com/business-trends/by-2030-over-50-of-colleges-will-collapse/

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