When I received our teacher's email on Sunday and discovered the format of this course I was almost stricken with a panic attack! Ok, I am being a little dramatic, but the thought of using a computer to "blog" all of our assignments does make me quite nervous. You see, not only am I challenged, but very unlucky with technology. In the past, I have had computer problems the night before a paper was due and countless printer jams, and with my lack of computer expertise, I was with out a paper to send in the next morning. As I am writing this, I am becoming more and more concerned that I will not be able to figure out how to actually post my first blog.
Furthermore, the act of blogging itself is quite intimidating. My words are out there for millions of cyber-goers (aka strangers) to read and judge my words and draw conclusions about me. I never really kept a diary when I was younger and that is what I consider blogging as, a virtual journal. My relationship with writing is like me going to the dentist: I only do it when I absolutely have to. I am majoring in managerial economics and my brain is geared more towards analyzing graphs and models, not writing compositions. I hope this course will improve my writing abilities and broaden my technological horizons, especially since it is such a prevalent contribution to our society.
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Kelly, I really enjoyed the humor and narrative components to your first post. You effectively created a scene for me, and then I could not help but think that maybe blogging is the answer for you: at least there will be no more paper jams! By the way, have you seen the fairly recent film Be Kind Rewind? You might appreciate it, given your dad’s relationship to VHS. I also found it a very smart film because of its critique of certain media forms. And, it looks like you have conquered the act of posting just fine!
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