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Bryson McCartney

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In regards to a rhetoric memory, I have managed various instances in my life where I tried so hard to block out thoughts, I can no longer retain them. Some would say job well done, but now that I am past those difficult times, it would be nice to reflect upon them. There was a period of time in Middle School and High School when I was quite a bit heavier in weight than I am now, say 100 pounds heavier. The period of time in my life where I was most ridiculed for being as big as I was, during the fragile teen years was difficult. I went through a variety of hardships I never wanted to re-live again. I managed my memory so I would forget those thoughts and rough times, trying to recall them as little as possible. Now that I have lost over 100 pounds and have matured, I attempt to remember these times and seem to vaguely remember any experiences I went through. Of course I remember the big moments during that span, but little things my friends and family bring up in conversion never seem to have existed to me. It’s an incredible phenomenon how one can literally forget unwanted memories if they truly want to. Unfortunately I am living proof of this and would like to learn how I could remember all thoughts, even if they were difficult, I can still build upon.

Expiration dates for information is a good and bad idea. I feel as though with set expiration dates set after a period of time like months, years, etc would be a helpful way to rid possible problems like mentioned in the articles. I know taking LSD and having drunk pictures of oneself on the internet are not the best place for “private” information, but most would realize during this techno savvy generation, people can in fact find almost anything about you. Privacy over the internet is essentially non-existent, almost anyone can search someone’s name and find out too much information about someone. If someone wanted to put information that could be found on the internet, sure a deletion period would be nice so the data doesn’t come back and bite you (or hold you up at the Canadian border). Fact of the matter is, don’t put anything on the internet that may come back in your life negatively. 

Unfortunately, I can’t think of a specific article or document that could potentially cause problems for me. That being said I’m sure pictures of some sort could appear that would have a negative portrayal of me. Some of those situations and or pictures are out of my control when I put myself in those settings. The potential teacher was burned from her dreams because of a Halloween picture that was labeled, “drunken pirate”. Pictures themselves can be taken a variety of ways by assumption, but when they are captioned as such things, one can only rely on that image. Hopefully in my future I will not have a situation like these listed in the article. After reading the stories in delete 1 and 2, I want to search for and revamp the information I have on myself. Even what I have stated in this Blog could be reviewed and taken note that I ‘may have something out there on the web I’m trying to hide’. It’s Ridiculous how open the web is. Access is unlimited, passwords are made for personal information, not what can be viewed in the public eye.