"We
get some rules to follow, that and this, these and those." Those are
lyrics from the song No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age. Why are us
students restricted from what we can blog about? I feel that if students got to
blog about whatever we wanted to, we would be more motivated to blog or we
would like it more than we do currently. I get that we have restrictions, but
why do is it only things that happen in class? Why couldn’t students blog about
current events? A perfect example would be the death of Paul Walker, or even
the death of Brian Griffin from Family Guy! These would be perfect topics that
students are interested in and would like to talk about for a while. Ms. Fletcher
said that she just wants us to have conversations on the blogs and that would
certainly let us students have conversations with each other. Another thing Ms.
Fletcher wanted was to challenge ideas and to show what we like or dislike. Using
the example from earlier, I totally disagree with Brian Griffins death in
family guy and I could go on and on just on that topic alone. People always
tell students in school to never be plain and to use our imagination, so why
are students being limited?
Uh. Sebastian? How do you disagree with a death? I am sorry that your cartoon character died. Sorry for the loss of your imaginary friend.
ReplyDeleteMaybe your urge to "fight the power" should be channeled into your own little blog. You certainly see how easy it is to create one, so create one, and write all you want about anything you want. Nobody is stopping you. Be interesting and provocative, and write well, and people will come to read what you have to say and engage you in conversation.
But this is a class blog, and you are writing an assignment. Assignments have parameters. Do you bemoan the fact that your math and science teachers put specific problems in front of you? Do you say, "I think I should be able to do whatever science lab would be interesting to me! I don't want to do Algebra! I want to do Trig!"
Go start your own Family Guy blog, and go nuts. But right here, stick with "The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed" -- prove to me that you've read the material and that you've developed something to say about it.