Teachers Share The Shocking Things That Their Students Did Outside of School

The Internet Is Forever

I teach professional writing classes in college, and I always give a talk about how important it is to Google your name periodically so you know what shows up in your search results. That way, you can deal with anything that you don’t want people seeing, because it’s common practice for potential employers to Google your name.

After class one day, a girl came up to me and asked if it’s really true that employers will Google you as part of the job search process. I assured her it was and her eyes went really wide and she said, “Okay, thank you” and left. So naturally after she left, I Googled her name. I wasn’t prepared for what I saw.

The first thing that came up was her arrest record for trying to break into a warehouse while drunk.

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