By Sam Grant

In this day and age, selfies are more common to be seen on social media than posts. Plymouth High School students and staff contribute their take on the depth of selfies.

Daniel Tyree, a 62 year old Superintendent of Plymouth Community Schools, rarely likes to take photos or post them, unless his wife and kids are in the photo. Selfies are not important to him as he says “selfies are about as important as a piece of gum on my shoe.” Although taking selfies definitely is not an everyday thing for him, he said “I don’t even like looking in the mirror.” He does not know how to edit any picture that he takes. Senior Aylyn Echeverria does not often take selfies, but when she does, it is because she feels cute or thinks she looks good. Selfies are not an everyday thing for her. When she does take selfies, she does not like to post them on social media websites because she believes that they should be kept private rather than in the public eye.

Junior Jonathan Solorio says he loves this selfie from prom 2015; it shows his friends and himself smiling and enjoying the moment. Photo contributed by Jonathan Solorio

Just like Echeverria, junior Katy Corsaw does not take many photos, saying she only takes them once every 2 weeks. She feels that selfies aren’t necessary to have. However, she tends to edit them to “make them look cooler.” Jonathan Solorio, also a junior, doesn’t agree with Corsaw. Solorio likes to take a selfie everyday, most of the selfies he takes he post online, but the post that have less than five likes he automatically deletes because to him under five likes means “someone isn’t the prettiest nor attractive.” He states the only reason that selfies are important to him are because he likes to look back on the outfits he has worn. Freshman Kayla Laffoon says she likes to take selfies everyday due to the fact that she has snapchat. Laffoon likes to post the selfies she likes, and sometimes she’ll edit them if they look better. Likes are important to Laffoon because she said “the more likes I gets the more beautiful I believes I am”  and it helps with her confidence. Laffoon said “ the pictures don’t make me feel confident but the likes on the picture do.” Similarly like Laffoon, sophomore Megan Cooper a tends to take pictures everyday she takes them so much because “I can look at them later, whenever I don’t feel pretty. I look at them and it shows that I did feel good about my appearance at one point.” Cooper keeps photos to herself because she sometimes takes silly ones to look back on for a good laugh. Although, Cooper keeps most photos to herself, she said “I do post photos only to remind me of how confident I can be, to post a picture of myself where people can see it.”

Aylyn Echeverria enjoys this selfie the most because it makes her feel mysterious but happy. Photo contributed by Aylyn Echeverrian

Selfies can be taken for boosting self esteem, or just satirically. Either way, selfies are a new part of our generation.