A blog for me, a blog for you, lets make a blog, in a canoe!

I have to start by saying this blog is probably my most interesting project in college. It allowed me to let people know about how I think and not feel like I would not be understood because those commenting were dealing with the same situations. I certainly did benefit from meeting others online. As we entered more and more blogs I got to know more and more people. Once I would see these people in class it would be like a puzzle and I would piece together what they say in their blog with what they say and how they act in class. It allowed the class to look at each other from more than one perspective allowing us to better understand one another. The blog also allows me to share my perception about the tasks we do in class. I was able to look back on a task and, without hectic environment, understand why we did what we did and examine how we were able to do it. The blog did not have to do the job of force me to actually think about the task because I had already been doing plenty of thinking about the task during the task in class.
The blog also opened us up to relating a specific topic to some outside sources. Mr. Kurpis’ blog showed us interesting and very different examples of a common idea or theme that we have looked at this semester. These blogs, if handled appropriately, ends up being 20% of our grade. This is certainly a great deal of motivation to complete the task and “easily” receive credit. However, at some moment in the semester, probably after the first blog entry, the blog became something other than 20% of my grade. The blog became my ventilation. It became my way to be heard and make it known about where I stand on certain topics. It made me feel kind of important as a person and it became very important to me to complete a blog entry with nothing less than a focused mind and an open heart and mind. When this happened the grade began to matter less. I was not as focused on doing a blog entry on time because I would only do it when I knew I had time to put everything else aside and focus. Sometimes I would go more than a week without that time. Other times I could sit down focused and write blog entries straight from the heart, onto the site.
I can say with complete honesty that I will certainly continue to make entries on my blog well past the end of this class. The reason for that is what I said earlier. It has become much more than a grade. It has become a way out that allows for open expression of the mind, without the negative confrontation. It puts a mind at ease if one is able to lay out ones problems and/or situations in them. The blog allowed me to do this and that helps in life. I feel the blog should definitely remain a component of this class. I feel that the deadlines should become reminders and that there should be no penalties for late blog entries. The reason for this is a person who is truly invested in using the blog to his or her advantage will successfully post entries. When they post the entry will affect what they post because their memory of the task in class will decrease as time goes on. That would result in a lack of quality which can be penalized. Penalizing for lateness is ineffective because a true blogger only posts when they feel it, not when they are told to. I feel I have become a true blogger.

IT'S A RAP! (sort of...)

Management who?

Management, you can’t handle it
You probably think you haven’t learned shit
But listen to me when I tell you this
Sit down, shut up, and listen to Mr. Kurpis

Four months we’ve been in this class
And for these blogs we’ve busted our ass
So what is it we get in return?
Management is what we’ve learned

We actually brought together condoms and jell-o
And I officially can never again even look at Lego's
But I do understand what it means
To communicate and work as a team

So in the end I tell you this
We need to thank Mr. Kurpis
And yes this song is for brownie points
But screw you…….I AM A D I !!!!!!!!