One memorable thing? That's somewhat hard to pick as there are many to choose from. I would go with the blog post 6 for unit 2. This is mainly because I think this was the hardest post to write up. It asked us to counter/forward anything we had previously written down and since forwarding something you had written would be completely pointless, since technically it was you that wrote it, I countered one of my own posts which established that the New York Times was not specific while the two blogs I was following (Hot Air and Rotten Tomatoes) were. This was completely wrong I felt and I countered it and gave my new version on how specific the New York Times really was. Why this is memorable was because it forced me to take a step back and consider going somewhat against something I had written. This was extremely hard and I was hard-pressed to find anything but once I did I was impressed.
What we often say or think of something or someone usually changes. Nothing truly stays the same. But it takes guts to go back and admit that you've possibly erred in your judgement previously seeing as you have a new explanation of the event from a new point of view. This is probably why it was so impressive to me and is the most memorable thing I learned about (how opinions change with time) in this course.
This example also shows how my views of writing or reading have changed and is an example of it. This is because now I think carefully about whatever I wrote, because undoubtedly I could put down something wrong or at least put down some opinion (or half-formed opinion) that I might have to revise or correct later on. So, I'm much more careful with my writing than ever before; yes, even more careful than I was when I took the AP English Literature exam. My reading habits also have changed somewhat. No longer do I just skim through, grasping the general meaning. After reading through Harris, Carr, Sullivan, etc I now tend to dissect everything I read (not fiction). I simply don't accept everything one source says; instead I try to look beyond and see what else is behind the lines, or what else is there they don't say.
All in all, this is the last blog post (other than my essay) that I will post for this class, and likely for my life too. So, farewell cyber-world!
421 words! So, I went out with a bang!
ReplyDeleteI liked what you said about writing to change your opinion, the difficulty of countering yourself. It is hard to do, in writing or in anything else in life. It's also impressive; a mature thinker is one whose ideas change over time.
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