Kathleen West showed me something that I find really interesting. The idea of blogging as if the characters are your friends would have made everything so much more interesting in school. I am almost tempted to start talking to Harry Potter right this minute! "Hey man, LAY OFF THE EXPELLIARMUS?" It let's you have a deeper sense of connection with the book and I wish my teachers would have tried this.
In this weeks article I found it really interesting that you could learn a person's values from how they right, and that you can see they're personality shine through their writing. Not only do you pick up on identity, but also what kind of person they are, and who they grew up with. It's easy to write a paper on identity, but reading someone else's finally made the lights click in my head.
After reading this article I went back into my posts and looked for hints that I could find about myself, or my writing. I feel that I was lucky to attend Central Kitsap High School because of the extraordinary curriculum and everything else that was there. This article really opened my eyes to what writing is capable of when you put effort into it. I normally go on autopilot when I write papers which isn't living up to my potential and hopefully I can change this!
My experience is relateable to yours; the whole situation about discovering your own identity through the blogs. While I realize that my classes, and after-school activities kind of established my character, I'm still curious as to what defined yours.
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Wow! It looks like you are on to something rich already. I look forward to seeing where you go with this, especially since it sounds like you plan to write to your full potential. :)
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