THE LEARNING PROCESS

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 Hello! 
    So our teacher asked us to follow the instructions listed HERE.  The reading is over and the fun begins now as we Write.(sike)

   I’m particularly proud of blog number five where I discussed slave breeding. I’m proud of this post because it was the only time I felt I actually wrote in my own voice. I realize now the glaringly obvious grammar mistakes, but I do not think that takes away, for the most point, the voice of the piece. I could abolish blame by saying how tired I was, but doing so is silly. Editorializing, as was the comment made, is correct. I expressed myself without fear of sounding less academic or serious. Sometimes being too serious isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Why must we all write and sound the same in order to satisfy some inane standard? Originality and staying true to your own voice as a writer should be priority. But alas, every thesis and research paper sounds exactly the same as if everyone were writing from a template. This is the reason I dislike writing for school. The problem could lie with me. I suppose I read too many snarky reviews on Cracked.com for my own good or maybe Vonnegut wore off on me. Nevertheless, it is a forced requirement.

      But I digress. Writing about any book is tricky at times because a person could seriously write until their fingers turn blue describing plot and theme and character evaluations. One book could create four other books describing everything from mood and the underlying meaning of a particular paragraph.  However, throughout reading Kindred and the assorted lectures, quizzes and blogs that followed, my understanding of the craft of narrative increased exponentially. I realized that thinking critically about a book makes the experience more real and creates a deeper understanding to the world the author created. Reading for pleasure and reading for school are two different things, I think almost everyone would agree. While reading Hunger Games is fun, I don’t stop and think, “gee, I wonder what the author was trying to convey with this passage.” Instead, you read, you laugh and you move on. But when you stop for a moment and actually think about what you’ve read you sometimes see things that you missed. I think that’s what I learned most from the experience, to stop and think a little harder about things.