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David Zhang
Feb 8, 2009
Gabor
Eng 1B-40

"I don't Really Want to Go into Personal Thins in This Blog"
Risking Connection through Blogging

The blog written by Professor Carlton Clark of Collin County Community was the piece I chose to write on. I chose this blog because the first two paragraphs were attention grabbers. I am really into reading about people's personal struggle to get to where they are today just as how Clark spent all his time and energy and traveling between schools to get his career starting. Clark also talks about his reasons for mandating his students to write blogs every day. He seems to truly care about his students which is why this essay is what I chose.

In the essay, Clark talks about making his students write 500 words weekly for his blog. If I were his student, I would be annoyed by the fact that I have to write 500 words weekly.Then again, after reading the essay, I understood why Clark pushes his students. He pushes his students to write for fun, and not for a grade. He wants his students to be able to learn that writing can be used as a way to express yourself. He really seems to care about helping his students get better in writing. That is pretty cool. I've met many teachers who don't really care about us students, so it is really nice to know that someone out there does.

This essay helps me prepare my mindset from thinking it is just a normal assignment to a way I can express myself. I am now looking forward to writing on my blog. If I had not read this essay, I would just believe that it is another graded assignment. Now I would write, not for the grade, but for myself.