The firestorm surrounding President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court over the nominee’s behaviour in the 1980s has reinforced a warning today’s social media-savvy high school students have grown up hearing: What they say and do now will live well past graduation. Judge Brett Kavanaugh faces a historic hearing Thursday over assault allegations dating back to his high school and college years. California high school senior Maya Carpenter, 17, says she’s taken classes since middle school on being safe on the internet, and her high school offers a digital citizenship class on the subject. Colleges also make no secret of the fact they visit applicants’ social media profiles. She is cautious about what she posts online, and even her mother keeps tabs on her social media posts and messages when she sees something that could be troublesome down the road.

Source: National Post September 27, 2018 06:22 UTC