Sunday, May 15, 2011
Express Yourself!
In today’s society, internet allows anyone and everyone to get their voices heard. Internet also provides opportunities to connect with others all over the world—or for people to connect within a classroom. I definitely agree that a blog is an excellent way for students who don’t normally speak up in the classroom, to express and voice their opinions. I was one of those who started reading blogs very late, and I always felt that having a blog would be very time consuming. Despite the fact that I missed two blog entries due to an unexpected family emergency :( (and to be honest nothing seemed important enough at that moment, even though I did not want it to affect my school work it did—that’s life) I must say that it has been a quite fun experience so far… and I actually feel a bit nervous when I’m about to “publish” something here. Sometimes I just feel self-conscious about my writing or rather I’m a very private person, and blogging is like sharing a piece of you to the rest of the world, and that thought could be a little scary. But that will not stop me from expressing myself on this blog in the future! After all, I think it is great that through blogging we could all learn something from each other, share our ideas and thoughts not only about school but about life in general.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think you should worry too much about your writing. Blogging is meant to be fun! In fact, there were never guidelines about how formal you had to be. The only restriction we had was the topics at hand. After that, everything is pretty much up to you.
On another note, I definitely agree with you that blogging helps the introverted, like myself, express themselves. To me, the internet/blogging is like a barrier and it allows us to say more than we usually do. (Why else are there so many Internet "trolls" around?)
Anyway, there's nothing to be self-conscious about, especially when none of us are here to judge you. We're just here to learn more about others and ourselves. :)
Thank you for your comment! I really appreciate it :) and I definitely agree with you that we are all here to learn about each other and ourselves! I have come to realize that blogging is suppose to be fun and I really enjoy reading other peoples blogs.. before I always thought to myself who has time for that anyway.. Now I actually take a few minutes a day just to read through a couple of blogs; for everyday inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI never thought blogging can be like sharing a piece of me. What an interesting way to think about blogging. :) But i think you don't need to be self-conscious or anything. No one is out here to judge you and try to criticize your writing! After all this is meant to be fun experience for us! ^^ I do agree with you on the part that the blog assignments helped many students who are normally shy to speak up and voice their opinions.
ReplyDeletei understand how you can feel nervous before pressing the "publish" button. the internet is so public and it is a little nerve-wrecking knowing that your voice is somewhere floating around in the cyber world. but our voices and opinions are all important. you shouldn't be self-conscious about your writing. people will choose to agree or disagree for their own reasons and it is this flow of communication that opens our eyes to new ideas and perspectives :)
ReplyDeleteI think you were right about getting nervous. When I am about to put something or commenting someone I get nervous:) I guess I have panic-attack:DD I think we are not used to this that is the main reason for us.
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