The End

       Blogging was not necessarily something I looked forward to, because on most occasions, I remember distinctly getting ready for bed and then realizing that there was a blog post due the following day, tonight is a good example.  I do remember that I enjoyed blogging when I remembered to, I found it fun, interesting, and a nice change from essays or DGP.  It was a much different way of expressing writing talent, and I enjoyed turning on a computer rather than say, writing on a sheet of paper.  The best thing about blogging for me was the fact that you had a choice on what to say for the prompts, it was mostly inferential, and I love to infer and write about something that isn't meant to be taken literally.  The blogs really cause the writer to dive deeper into that subject, to really think hard, and to express it in the most understandable way possible.  As more and more blog posts popped up on your blog, I noticed they were all so different and creative, and I can't imagine how much of a pain that would be to think of something dramatically different from the rest every single week, so I found myself marveling at that while attempting to decipher the prompt to come up with an answer.  On top of the blog posts themselves, I've learned that stronger study habits are required in this class.  Not doing something or not studying for something else will severely impact your grade, and when I got in-sync with completing these blogs, it got me on the track of studying Word Power, brainstorming essay ideas, and completing unfinished worksheets lying on the floor.  These blogs really were helpful to my study habits, because at the beginning of the year, these habits were practically non-existent.  
       Because of the enormous amount of blogs we have been required to complete this year, one of these assignments definately highlighted my "blogging" experience.  The "Thoughts On Reading" was my favorite blog mainly because you asked for our individual reactions to the book.  This inferential prompt was easily my favorite because it asked you to give your own opinion on the book while addressing key aspects of the novel as well.  Not only does this prompt require you to analyze the literature, but it requires you to go deeper than just what is written on the pages, it requires you to give your own, intuitive opinion on why or why not you liked the book, and back your explanation up not with quotes or page numbers, but with your brain, and it's interpretive skills.  This was by far my favorite blog of the year not just because it required creativity, but because it required you to go beyond just comprehension of the novel, but understand that more than that is required to comprehend a book, you have to think for yourself and realize that the words on the pages aren't the only thing you're going to be tested on.  
       I have learned a lot this year by blogging, and I appreciate that it was a requirement not because it was mildly entertaining, but because it was and will be useful in the long run.  I encountered not an unbelievable amount of stress this year but I did find myself frustrated and, on occasion, annoyed at myself for forgetting assignments and not saying a word in class discussions but I learned from those mistakes, and I know I will continue to grow and make more mistakes, and learn from those as well.  To wrap this abnormally long blog post up, all I can say is that I wholeheartedly agree with Thomas Edison when he quoted this such a long time ago; "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
Signing off,
Sean