Omri Brinner
February 2009
Blogs- not quite my cup of tea
The basic idea of blogging does not appeal to me at all. Sharing my personal information with people whom are close to me is one thing but releasing ideas and details about myself with strangers is another, at least for now. I have always held this attitude towards blogging, even after reading some very convincing essays from educators who have chosen to blog and to share un-academic related materials over the Internet.
The essay I was impressed with the most is Amy E. Earhart’s work about the usefulness of certain blogs. She starts off by writing that just like myself, she had with a negative attitude towards this form of communication but once she found what she was looking for she realized how useful these blogs might be. Needless to say that I found it hard to relate to the subject she was blogging for, knitting; nevertheless, if Earhart could become productive in her field of work or hobby through a certain blog, I imagine someone else can do the same with a more significant issue. Another writer that shared something in common with me is Jeff McIntire-Strasburg. Jeff had a certain mood in his essay that made it easier for me to consider the idea of blogs. I especially connected well with his style when he wrote that he rather stay an educator rather than an another servant of the capitalist economy: “…I've also found myself much less willing to leave academia for the corporate world…” (Paragraph Two). All in all, I feel like the concept of relating and liking an essay more than another based on its context and ideas rather than its rhetorical style has strengthen in my mind during this project. In Nels P. Highberg’s essay for example I did not like the title nor the fact the he thinks normalization is necessarily good, but I appreciate his interest in history and the way he approaches historical documents.
Although I am a guy who prefers an old fashion style of tutoring and have managed to dodge many modernized assignments in the past I look forward to create my first academic blog, which is un-arguably a new challenge.
I think that it was really interesting that you posted you oppinion on blogging before stating the essay and which one you read, Also how you concluded your essay by stating your oppinion once again. I thought your analysis was pretty interesting and liked it.
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