I fully enjoyed Ballenger’s article, “The Importance of getting Curious”. The article was about letting students pick their own topic to write about and let them have the freedom to explore and write what they are passionate about and have genuine interest in. This article is motivating for students who don’t think they are good writers or have never written a research paper\/essay before. It gives the students confidence that they have interesting thoughts and they should share them with others. Ballinger encourages writers to explore and get in depth with what they are curious about. I love the fact that this article makes research writing fundamental and fun. It’s kindof like an investigation. The more clues you find the juicier the case, the more you see how it happened and why. Writing is like that. You have to have a purpose and questions to figure out what you are looking for and once you get answers the real fun begins. Research is never ending. There are million things that trigger a thought another angle you want to investigate. I like the tips Ballenger for writing exercises. It makes students really focus and look at topic more in depth. The exercise encourages students to write down a list of topics that they are interested in and then write questions that they are curious about that topic. It gives them a focus and makes their paper more organized and concise. I also \u00a0like the writing exercise that makes students look at objects because it makes them become critical thinkers and also it allows them to get creative with their questions. It develops new thinking and new ways to look at things that they didn’t notice before. I like the advice that Ballenger gives writers that they should always look at their topic with new eyes. This allows the purpose for your paper to get stronger. There is more meaning behind it. Your purpose will guide you to what you need to investigate\/examine. I highly recommend teachers who are struggling to get their students to write or have students who don’t have interest in writing or think they don’t have any good ideas what to write about use this article as a resource. These are all methods and strategies I learned in school and grad school to write research papers and always had successful papers.<\/p>\n
I like the idea of blogging and think they are great to motivate writers. They have free space to write about whatever they think are interesting and get to share their ideas\/views with others on a forum. They get to exchange their thoughts and beliefs. I also think it’s great that they are exposed to publishing their work and get recognized by others. I think it’s all great, but the way the author bashed traditional writing\/writing courses kind of turned me off. Where would students be without English classes or writing courses to even know how to write? Let alone write interesting blogs? They need the basic foundations to write. So really I think the author was hypocritical. The author states, “not even writing intensive courses…work towards expertise”. Yeah, if the teacher doesn’t have fun actives, strategies to make writing fun then yes writing will be dreadful. I think it’s important to note that the author also contradicts himself when he says\u00a0that\u00a0there is not end when you are an expert. Of course there is no end because you are learning something new and improving. So would you say someone can’t reach “expert” level when writing in English class\/writing courses? The more they write it’s likely that they will perfect their technique, structure, style, etc… It’s only a matter of time. Everyone be an expert at something. I think the author’s comment is really\u00a0careless and insulting. The author also says that “writing assignments are short-lived”. Oh, really? I’m in grad school and still writing papers. I have an essay due every week on Thursday for this semester and also am taking this course that requires me to write on wordpress every week. So that comment the author made is false. You will always have to write whether a letter, paper, etc… for school, job, whatever. Even for presentations there is writing required. I guess whether it’s short lived or not \u00a0depends how much time the teacher takes with students to let them write and make them realize the importance of writing.<\/p>\n
When I was little I used to read a lot. I also loved to write, but then it kind of died down because of school, life, etc… I still from time to time pick up books to read on my leisure time but its getting harder to do that with all my course work. I have done a lot of writing (8years to be exact) mostly academic. I am used to analyze, support my claims with evidence, make inferences.. It is all I know. It has made me more of a critical thinker, careful reader and make me question the purpose, the author and even people around me. Which I mean it has made me more aware of the influence that I allow people to have over me. I don’t have to agree with everything someone says me and can call them out. I have also become more aware of how people speak to me if they are being too persuasive I know they’re up to no good and are not letting me think for myself. That’s the great thing about writing\/reading stories. It can teach you a lot about yourself, \u00a0your experiences and how you evolve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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