What next?
November 15, 2007
martink852
As I was reading posts for this week, I came across one that talked about how she was having such a hard time finding a topic to write about each week when there wasn’t one assigned. I agree that i’m struggling with the process also. I feel that in today’s society, students are so used to not getting such “free space” to brouse and do what THEY want. We are always handed something and told to write about it, so once we have to make our own decisions I feel that after a point we all go blank. I have gotten to that point and it amazes me how you get so adapted to things being given to you. I feel that within schools today, teachers should start giving their students more options early on so that when they are out in college and the real life, they can go about their day without someone telling them what they have to write about. I feel that its a negative part in the education process and it really just started to stand out to me since I have been getting all these “free writes” on whatever I want. I feel that the more I do these blogs, the more I feel that I am getting better at adapting to not getting every assignment stated and given to you.
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slutzky | November 16, 2007 at 12:17 am
Hah! I’m flattered that you linked to my post. I’m not sure that it’s the infinite freedom that makes it the hardest to write, it’s just the fact that we’ve worked with so much in the class that I don’t even know where to begin. Today, however, I am totally blank. I have no idea what to post about before tomorrow morning!
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jennifer | November 30, 2007 at 11:38 am
I had a professor in graduate school who said he spent his undergraduate years in the library — reading and reading voraciously. He rarely went to class (though I’m not encouraging this action). He created his own education, allowing his interests and burgeoning insights to guide him. He read freely and widely. He encouraged us to take control of our educations in much the same way.
I believe that blogs and the blogosphere are a perfect opportunity for that kind of wandering.