The WordPress blog post really helped me develop skills I did not think was going to help me become a better reader and student in seminar. There were many areas that I improved in when writing these blog posts. One was being able to actively read and understanding how to do it. Knowing that I needed to write these posts forced me to underline, highlight, and write notes in the text to understand main points and develop thoughts or questions. Usually I do not actively read but ever since the blog post, I do it more frequently so I am prepared for the next discussion in class. It also gave me a purpose to read these texts and figure out the deeper meaning. Since understanding the deeper meaning of the text made it easier to write these blog posts, it forced me to analyze important quotes in the text therefore having a better understanding of the readings as a whole.
I believe I did a decent job with the blog posts but once I found a way to pick out important quotes and tie them to something it made it easier for me to write. In the beginning, I was having a hard time tying quotes or explanations to the text but once things started to get relatable and the readings got more interesting, I thought I was able to become better at writing these blog post. Some of the blog posts I thought I did a good job tying things from the text to my personal life and how I felt about the meaning of the quote. Especially a text such as Meditations, I was really able to connect to my life and see if I agreed to what the author was saying or if I disagreed.
What I need to work on is being able to make better connections between different texts and have better explanations. I have never really excelled in writing or reading so these types of classes are always tough. Having an idea of what I need to work on, allowed me to really work on these blog post throughout the year. Going back to the first few blogs and realizing what I could do better and trying to implement that into my current blog. I really believe that these blog posts have benefitted me because it allowed me to see what I can do better, which is a lot of things, and try to improve with every blog post.
Seminar 2 Journal 