There's another me in Waterloo? In the Department of Psychology? O.o

So I had just googled myself to see my "Digital Footprint" for my class, and I haven't been able to locate myself at all, thankfully, which is a very good sign. I think it is important to keep a good watch on what you do upon the internet if you are a teacher. Especially when it comes to facebook. You never know when one little photo can cost you a job.

I was very nervous about my first name catching wind when I was out student teaching. For all I know, the students could have been looking me up on Facebook within hours and if they saw something even the most innocent that they could twist into perverse if they wanted to, my placement would be over in an instant. However, seeing as I have not touched a drop of alcohol or any form of drug in my life, it's a little less likely for me to get into any trouble.


To be honest, there isn't that many people on google with my first and last name within my city, that cannot be located. I was able to find my name in a program for a performance with the clarinet choir, but that was pretty much it. It seems that within the realm of fame, my name is rather uncommon. (Does that mean I'll get points for uniqueness if I become famous? Heh!) When generally looking up my first and last name however, there were a little more options. But one seemed to be the most prominent:

There is a university student with the same first name, middle initial and last name as mine. Only she attends the University of Waterloo, and is in the Department of Psychology, as a graduate student. In fact, she had actually written a scholarly article that was published about those who publicly complain on facebook and publicly show off their low self esteem, are much less likable to their friends than before. It seems to have gotten her really famous, as even just the University of Waterloo site pops up when I enter my name. She and the co-author of the article predicted originally that those with low self-esteem would reap the benefits of being able to express themselves, however it seems that even those who are close friends respond negatively to the status updates people put up fron th experiment they conducted... Which is something I sort of agree with. Sometimes I think about the way my status update looks before I post it, because I'm worried that people will react to it negatively.

Soooo, so far, it seems like the only way people will want to know about me, is through looking me up via facebook I have no twitter or Youtube account, so I'm close to solid.. Otherwise, I'll get mistaken for a girl in the Department of pyschology There's nothing too shocking on that within my photos to get me fired, so I think I'll be fine...

My digital footprint is (almost) untraceable! Muahahaha!