As I reflect on my progress in writing, I've realize that what once made me nervous makes me excited. When I first started writing blogs I knew I had a lot to learn. I composed many words together, many errors, and probably confused my readers. Today, I'm better at writing blogs simply because I learned the etiquette of writing. What starts from a blank document can now become a structure of ideas. I'm hoping to be able to form many more blogs in the future because of the way I have grown to love writing. It's always a rough start analyzing and thinking about what you actually want to be read. Once I had realized that my personality could be typed up, I didn't have any problems telling my readers what I was thinking. I'm sure I kept my readers wide awake with my sense of humor and ideas about topics on college. I had some weaknesses in my writing, but I also had some strengths. There were a few of my blogs that I thought displayed a number of strengths.
Share or Die Response
I really enjoyed reading "Share or Die: Voices of the Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis". It was filled with so many interesting stories about people's journeys throughout their careers and struggles in the economy. It really gave me an outlook of how things can be after I graduate college as well. My English 101 class was given a assignment to compose a blog post about the "Share or Die" book and respond to the essays we read. My strengths in this blog post were overall excellent. I think it was one of my best blog post I have written this semester. First, the organization was great. I spaced my paragraphs well. My ideas all came together. My class wasn't asked to talk about our "thoughts" before reading the book, but I did. I felt a need to express the way my thoughts and perceptions had changed before I actually read the book. My idea of responding to the essay were to give my complete thoughts and relations in my blog post. Many of my values had now change in composing this blog post. I thought everyone had to go to college to become successful but that's not true which I explained in my blog post. I connected to the author, Sarah Idzik, of "Unprepared" that I read so well, it's unbelievable. I displayed that in my blog post. I absolutely loved reading a comic from the "Share or Die" book called "Quitter". I'm not really into comics but I enjoyed reading that comic and sharing that in my blog post as well. I believed that my growth was definitely shown in this blog post.
What is College Good for?
This blog post took a lot of thinking. My strengths in this blog post were shown. I used a lot of media, like images, in this post. It is told that images do make a post become more alive. The introduction was well-thought out. Sometimes you get in the habit of having the same type of introduction for every type of blog post you have. I wanted to try using statements instead of questions everytime. Some say it's hard thinking of a good statement to start your writing with, but it really just takes some effort. You have to step out of your box when it comes to writing a lot. There was organization in this post. Organization means a lot to your readers. Your readers can be lost and confused without organization in your writing. I learned to use links well in this blog post. There were some great quotes in this blog post. One of the quotes I completely loved by Jeff McGuire, "Attending college provides students with the knowledge and experience they are unable to recieve from a secondary education, and finding a way to fund a higher education now can pay off in a huge way in the years to come." I believe that getting more education is always worth the time. In this blog post I wasn't afraid to share my opinions.
Why College: Revised
I'm so happy I got a chance to revise the first, "Why College?" blog post. "Why College?" was basically my first blog post. Boy, did I have a lot of errors! I was glad when the class was told to revise one of the blog posts we had composed. The first version of "Why College?" had no paragraphs. It was just one big mess, you can call it. It had a lot of spelling errors. Some of my ideas might have left my readers clueless to what I was talking about in my writing. So when I composed "Why College: Revised" I begin to clean up the big mess I made on the first version. I organized my blog post so that I had paragraphs. I also corrected some misspelled words. I believe that the revised version of "Why College?" showed what I gain from learning how to create a blog posts. There are a lot of Do's and Don'ts to a blog posts.
When I think of my progress this semester as a writer and a student, I'm really proud of myself. I never knew much about blogs. Now that I do, I'm absolutely sure that I'll keep writing blogs. My strengths as a blogger is what keeps me moving forward. If you haven't tried blogging you should start immediately. This will not be the end for me.
