Hi everyone.
I glanced at some people's manifestos from the links on the 1020 blog and realized mine sounds a little too formal. I didn't think we could be be this relaxed when typing essays. I did get more relaxed when I got to my beliefs though. It wouldn't have sounded right to say what I think using words I don't normally use when I speak.
Well, this is my first time blogging, and I'm not even sure what to do. Doing five of these a week sounds like a load to be honest. Wendy scared me in class today when she said 750 words every time -_-. My social life and free time would have been shot dead. It takes me a long time to write stuff, but I generally tend to be a motor mouth anyway when I type.
I'm sort of nervous about this blog truthfully. Today in class I realized I couldn't argue for the issues, or I didn't even have an opinion on the issues. So stating my beliefs which other people will read and comment on kind of makes me nervous. I'm sure I'll be able to do better as time goes on though. I usually don't make people mad when I state my beliefs, so it'll be okay. The thing is, I'm pretty laid back and can go either way on a lot of things. Unfortunately, I'm pretty easily swayed too, so I hope that changes by the end of the semester. I hate going back and forth so much!
Anyway, I've never had a class that used the internet this much, especially an English class. I think it'll be interesting, but I'm not much of a blogger to be honest! (You could probably tell) Hopefully I'll think of more interesting blog posts from here on out.
See you guys in class!
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I don’t think that your manifesto sounded “too” formal. The important thing isn’t to look at other people’s blogs and base yours off of theirs, but to find your own way to write that makes you comfortable and gives you your own voice. I think that one of the interesting things about reading the manifestoes is to see the varying degrees of formality and seriousness of them, to see how people took the assignment differently and how the results were so different. Can you think of how dull it would be to read that many assignments that sounded exactly the same? We don’t want to put Wendy to sleep, haha. So, I say that even if you’re skeptical about blogging now, I think that you’ll warm up to it and start having fun with it soon!
Brittney - that was a really good start for someone who's so worried. You'll be fine. I hope this is a rewarding experience for you and I look forward to helping you through it.
Hey i understand exactly what you were saying about being able to write in this laid back type of style. I thought that we had to be all correct like. You know what I mean like with the grammer and spelling and all. I have never had a class that uses the internet this much either.
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