Blog Reflection

Over the past seven months or so, we have been writing our own blogs based on the books that we have read. I have found this experience very different because I have never written on a blog before or published my reviews online. I learnt that there are many ways to talk about a book. Before this year, I only expressed my thoughts on a book by retelling the story. But since looking at others' people's blogs and reviewing my posts, I have learnt that there are a lot of different ways to express your thoughts on a book such as, asking rhetorical questions and disagreeing with the author and finding ways to prove that your opinion is correct. It has benefitted me as a reader because I have been able to adjust my thinking based on what other people have said.

I think that writing on online is different from writing in a notebook because I feel that I can express my thoughts better. When writing in a notebook, I feel that my thoughts have to be 'to the point' however when writing online I feel that I can express my thoughts better as I know that a lot of people can see them. It personally helps me writing online because I can get feedback from others, whereas my notebook isn't a place where I write reviews that everyone else can see. Also writing online is more interesting because it makes you realise how much goes on online that we don't know about.

I think that teenagers sometimes do abuse the freedom on sites such as Facebook because they think that it is ok to post inappropriate epicures or send harsh/rude comments. These social media sites were designed so that people could stay in touch and share their experiences with each other. Not to share the hatred they have for people with each other. On the internet, people type things that they would never say to someone's face because the internet is a masked face. It hides you and you think that whats you say is a reflection of who you are but actually the internet can make you out to be someone that you are not.

I think that blogs are great ideas. When used with care, it lets you and your friends share thoughts/views that you may be having. It lets you make your own online diary which you can either keep private or open up to people. I think that I would make a blog in the future because I have learnt just how helpful writing down your thoughts and sharing it with your peers are.