Normally, I really don’t like having to write blogs in my classes. It’s either too much work because we have to update it like every day, or it doesn’t seem to serve any real purpose. This blog, however, was actually really exciting to write. Since I already have one, it was fun getting to choose a different theme from my other one and to see how well that one was accepted. I also enjoyed having other people comment on certain aspects of it, because I began to understand the point of the whole thing - to allow others to see my work. That is an empowering feeling, when your peers are commenting about something you wrote, and having the blog up, in some cases, makes it that much easier.
I feel like, in this class more than any other, my thoughts about writing in general have evolved, and having this space allows me to explore that on the spur of the moment (hypothetically, anyway). At least, it will now that I have a spare minute to think about it. I feel like I can work through my thoughts with this and come to an actual conclusion, as opposed to a spitting out the first thing that pops into my head because I need to have an answer right now! kind of thing. (See, I also get to play around with grammar and punctuation and no one can stop me. Hah!)
On a more serious note, I’m glad that I can let people get to know me through my writing here, because I think that my writing expresses a different side of myself than I normally do in person. As for making it work better, I don’t really know how you could do that. Maybe have a little more interaction between blogs, like have a partner whose blog you have to comment on once every two or three weeks? I’m trying to keep in mind how much students have to do and how much time they feel that they can spend on something like this. Other than that, it’s been real, and I hope to continue updating this summer. Stay tuned!
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