I have learned alot from posting on all of these blogs, whether it be my own, or responding to my classmates'. By responding to "1984" via my blog, and getting other ideas from other students reading the same book as myself, it helped me better with understanding what exactly I was reading and writing about. Also, when comments were made on my own blogs, when other students spoke their minds on what I had to say, it helped me better with what I had to work on, which mainly was to elaborate more on what it was I was trying to say, use more examples in my responses to back up my answers, and to read more closely on what exactly I am writing about.
What mainly helped me out with better understanding of the novel, came from a few of my classmates' responses to one of my posts. My teacher, Mr. Miller, told me that in my post I had raised some questions, and that I should try answering them by searching the book for clues that would help. I did this, and so I then had more knowledge of what I was speaking on. Also, other students reached out with their own ideas and shared them with me, and also said they could relate to what I was talking about, and this helped me out as well. Falstaff had told me, in response to my "Two Minutes Hate" post, to think of one of the characters that I mentioned as "the opposite political candidate, Al Gore to our George Bush...", and that just in general filled me in more on what I was reading about in "1984". Shane had told me that once I read on more, I would question more about some things going on, and then went on and said that he had done that. This let me know that I wasn't alone with my thinking. However, as for my posts in general, criticism helped me improve responses alot as well, when Will J. said that some of my descriptions were too vague. All in all, blog postings were more so of a help than anything else.
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