Opinion: Repetitive Facebook statuses misdirect readers, encourage deception Katy Abbott December 11, 2012
![From STAR tests to the SATs and our GPAs, numbers have an absurd amount of power, turning our flesh-and-blood qualities into a black-and-white representation that shouldn’t be relied on to show the whole picture. [Charu Srivastava]](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/snarkattackissue5.jpg)
![It’s healthier to admit our limitations and treat our efforts to battle impatience as ongoing self-improvement, rather than an unending battle. [Charu Srivastava]](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mailboxdreams_KA1.jpg)
![TOO MUCH INFORMATION: Copycat Facebook statuses, like the one that warns against copyright theft, spawn misinformation and confusion. [Photo by Charu Srivastava]](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/voicewords-copy.jpg)
![College Confidential, which started in 2001 to offer more accessible information to anxious teenagers, claims on its homepage to have “the world’s largest college forum.”
[Photo by Charu Srivastava]](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/crushedundertheweightofcollegevoice2.jpg)
