First Entry
To be completely honest, I have never written a blog before. Actually, I have never even read one. The only experience I have is through casual conversations with friends about their personal blog writings. From what I understand, blogging seems to be a form of public journaling. Since I have very little experience, I have a few reservations about writing my own blogs. My fear is that I will end up completely misunderstanding the point of blogging in this class and incorrectly write all of my blog entries. Blog writing seems to be more casual than the formal papers that are usually required for English classes so I am afraid that my entries will not meet the standards of this course. Also, the idea of writing publicly makes me nervous. I hope that my blogs will not be judged harshly and that my thoughts do not seem ridiculous to my peers.
While this class seems very interesting, it is very different from my writing experience. Since I am a Biological Sciences major, the majority of my writing is in the form of laboratory reports and expository essays. I have, however, taken an English course at UC Davis. This class was pretty straight forward. We were given readings and were required to write and turn in formal papers. I would not go so far as to say that I love writing papers and essays, but I do like to write.
posted by Nikki S. @ 3:23 PM
1 Comments:
Nikki, once again you bring up a good question here: what is a blog anyway?! We should talk more about this in class. I want to push us to think of it not simply as a medium for journal writing, though I understand and appreciate that many people use blogs in this manner. In this class, we will use it as a repository for formal and, yes, public writing. Thank you for voicing your anxieties about the issues of privacy and standards. We'll also need to return consistently to these questions throughout the course.
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