Blogging for the Class

I think that idea of blogging was a great one.

One reason why I liked blogging was that it provided a two-way communication. For the first time in school I had a chance to read what other people had to say on the same subject, read their comments, and post mine. I really liked that. Usually what happens with writing assignments is that you keep on boiling in your own juice without a single chance to see a problems from a different angle.

Reading various points of view on the same topic was intellectually stimulating. When I think about it, some really great ideas could never be heard if not for the blogs! Actually, there were blogs that I would go to just to read what those people had to say.

Besides that, I think that blogging regularly helped me improve my writing (or at least I hope so). Sometimes I would go to leave comments and notice how nicely someone managed to put together an idea or a thought I was struggling with. Also, the fact that my classmates would read my posts made me spend more time thinking, writing, and editing than I would if I was writing to no one in particular.

As far as the 20% of the grade control goes, I never thought about the blog in that way. Maybe because being too calculating would spoil the fun. Blogging was not difficult but it was not stress-free either. I never knew if I would be evaluated on the quality of the posts. But then again, in my book "stress-free" means "care-free," so class assignments can't be stress-free by definition.

I am not sure whether I will be continuing to blog after the class. I am a very private person and prefer to keep the events of my life to myself. Why? Simply because I don't believe people really care about other people except for close relatives. And secondly, if I plan to become a president to the United States, I must be very careful about what I am publishing ("paranoia" it's called) JUST KIDDING.

Overall, I really enjoyed blogging for this class. It was an enriching experience.