Debate Rebuttal To Leon

          I'm going to be rebuttal Leon's debate topic about having social networks as beneficial or as harmful to society. Leon's views on this topic is that social networking of today brings people to have less real communication with each other. To start off, I already agree with his point, but there are a few flaws in his opening statement.
          Social networking is known to be the notorious disruption for students when they are trying to do their homework or are supposed to be studying. This may very much be true on the surface, but as you go deeper into the benefits of social networking, you'll realize that its is actually very beneficial. Firstly, networking itself is a main and crucial thing every student should learn. Networking with people can bring you your first job and bring great opportunities as long as you are networking constantly. Even if at the beginning, you network with someone who doesn't have much credibility to offer you a high level job, they always know people higher than them and as you network more and more, you gain more chances to be introduced to opportunities. Social networking via internet or cell phones also help networking and keeping in touch with people. For example, if you are looking for a job and you know that you need one soon, you can email or facebook a contact you have met through networking and can keep in touch with them in order to easily, not awkwardly, ask for any job opportunities they may have for you. Networking is extremely important for everyone's futures and social networking nowadays helps you build a stronger connection to your contacts.
          Other benefits of social networking are that it helps you express yourself. According to Washington Times, being able to communicate more frequently online or on your phone, you are able to bring about a type of self confidence in expressing how you feel and who you are. You also build the immunity to social awkwardness and learn how to act and how to deal with types of bullying.

"The study looked at more than 5,000 hours of online observation and found that the digital world is creating new opportunities for young people to grapple with social norms, explore interests, develop technical skills and work on new forms of self-expression."

 It is also supported in Science Daily that through such obsession with social networking, teens build the skills to potentially get jobs in these areas because of how much they are exposed to them. Amazingly, social networking has it's good and bad sides, but the benefits of social networking is much more helpful for the teenager or the social networker than social networking is harmful to them