Blog 7

  Using blogs this semester was at first intimidating because our writing was being exposed for others to read as well, not only our Professor. Many of us hate sharing our thoughts, feelings, and emotions. To make our writing pieces public could indeed have an effect on an individual who is very shy and lacks confidence. For me however, I cared less since I have overcome the fear of caring what others think. I do not dwell in shyness, and definitely ain't afraid of sharing and speaking my mind. I thinking is essential for others to hear you out and come across your own unique opinion, and try to figure out why is it different than theirs.
    These blogs gave us the opportunity to check out others writing and view both weaker and stronger writers than ourselves. By seeing how our classmates write and reflect their thoughts can help us see how to becomes better writers and how we also make similar mistakes. I've visited many of my classmates blogs and I have to say that many of them are strong writers and very intellectual people. They have the capacity to get all the points across and write a well organized essay. Their text to self and text to world connections were always on point. Unfortunately though, I didn't get as much love back, because not many people commented on my blogs. Perphaps many were too lazy and did not even bother to write or read others blogs. I mean it's understandable, who has time to do more than their own work, people have busy lives.
    Blogs however, could indeed have been a great motive to make you write better, being that we were aware that others could read our writing. In a way forcing one to write outstanding blogs. It differs from journals, because journals are occasionally more personal not public open as the blogs we've written have been. Is only natural that if we knew we would be the only ones reading our writing then we would have not put so much effort on it but rather slack and done a poor job on it. Sometimes we need motives to unleash the extraordinary beast inside us, and do an outstanding job. I believe that blogs for sure have influence our way of writing and been a positive contribution for us, in becoming better writers.
    Using blogs in the future can be very beneficial to students and provide them with great skills in becoming better writes. Both by learning and seeing how others write, and by being motivated in writing better because they have audiences. Writing a blog is essential because it lets you express your feelings, thoughts, way of thinking, and standpoint on an argument. Sharing with others how your viewpoints are similar and different can help you in both the view of the world and in future writing, if its used and applied properly.