Saturday, October 29, 2005
The Death of Blogging
Recently, there has been a huge uproar in school over comments made by students on their blogs. I'm sure most of you will remember the great amount of fuss they created over this issue. It is my belief that the problem has been greatly exaggerated, to the extent where blogging has been blackballed on numerous occasions, and it sometimes seems that the school is trying to outlaw it.
The problem at hand as I see it is not that students like to insult their teachers online, [not that I believe that it is a major problem -- foulmouthing of teachers will always take place, and nothing can ever be done to fully solve that problem] but rather that they resort to insults to fill their posts.
It is my belief that the percentage of good bloggers to be found is astoundingly low -- there are hardly any of these in class. Sure, they may be amusing and some have occassional insights, in the true spirit of blogging. However, the overall objective quality of blogging here is sadly found wanting in most cases, and ranges from mediocre to average.
So...what makes a good blogger? Just something to think about...
The problem at hand as I see it is not that students like to insult their teachers online, [not that I believe that it is a major problem -- foulmouthing of teachers will always take place, and nothing can ever be done to fully solve that problem] but rather that they resort to insults to fill their posts.
It is my belief that the percentage of good bloggers to be found is astoundingly low -- there are hardly any of these in class. Sure, they may be amusing and some have occassional insights, in the true spirit of blogging. However, the overall objective quality of blogging here is sadly found wanting in most cases, and ranges from mediocre to average.
So...what makes a good blogger? Just something to think about...
