At First To Now

When at first I was scared, you said not to fear. As, I found that the fear could be moved other fears came into the picture, but, again, you said not to worry. When at last I conquered my preconceived fears, another was brought in, and once more, you told me that it was nothing. Now I see how true your words were. Throughout my career as a blogger typist, I feared that I would inhumanely exhibit some form of writing, or unjustly use the internet as something of an embarrassment to myself. Yet, as I found, through the writing of these blog posts, I could not hinder the ways in which writing have been formed. Writing, as a whole, continues to be unchanged. So why did I worry?

It is not so hard to identify with each of my classmates as intellectuals, but it was interesting to see how anti-internet some people were. I had held that notion for many years, but it was one of my beliefs, stereotypes you might say, that I was a “madman” when it came to my intellectual views upon the internet. However, when I furthered my understanding of exactly how the internet has influenced our daily life, on the basis of writing, I was surprised to find that I had changed on my viewpoints toward the internet. At the very first, I would have claimed that the internet and “texting” had changed the structure of our everyday life for the worse. Now, I whole-heartedly believe that the internet has helped spread writing into all the walks of life, and, therefore, has helped us reach further into the realm of academia.

Further, I feel as if this class has helped me see that there is always another side to matters. In each of our readings, and assignments related to those readings, the way I saw each person’s viewpoints, tended to be through how they were written. Thus, I grew as an intellectual, and as a person, in that I saw the implications being made by each author, and was able to understand/relate to each author better. Though, I am sure, some of my posts (one in particular) may not have reached the intellectual goal I have set for myself with the enrollment of this class, I do, however, feel that with each post, I learned something, thus growing more intellectually.

Therefore, I can conclude that with this class, and nine blog posts under my belt, I have nothing else to do, but thank the person who told me not to fear. Thank you for encouraging me.