At the beginning of this blog process I believed my blog would have a very distinct theme of education and its influence in my everyday life. Yet, as I began to free write my life observations each week, I learned my everyday life experience influences my education and academic learning processing more than I had anticipated. My blog began to focus on simple observations and conclusions I had drawn from the dealings of a university student. I will be honest in saying my ideas regarding higher education and its participants have changed and mostly not for the better. The majority of my blog is dedicated to life experiences and observations that I have found puzzling and/or frustrating. Despite my frustrations concerning higher education, the blog process has actually been an educational process by allowing me to explore my irritations through text. After reading through my blog I realized I consistently attempted to teach my audience a lesson. These lessons range from the college survival guide (panties are a must), to food remaining a staple in folkloric culture (green St. Patty's beer), to analyzing a step by step process for finding the perfect bridesmaid dress (while avoid the measuring tape of a strange woman). Education remained a theme throughout my blog, yet the educational life experience of a normal routine became more of the focus. The blog process was only irritating, because I am the author and I could not find a way to write purely based in acadamia. An academic education is also important, but through this blog I have learned and shared that it is the everyday lessons learned that truly define a person and his/her ideology and personality. I hope my audience will also come to this conclusion by reading through my daily observations and experiences.
Happy reading,
Nikki
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Brilliant reflection! I did have a happy experience reading your blog. I can see your transition (perhaps because I was looking for it) in focus from education’s effect on the everyday to your everyday in (and beyond) academia.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear that this process has meant something to you and hope that you consider continuing the blog as you try to continue to get something out of your educational experience. As I said in an earlier comment on this blog, I believe students learn in the process of making meaning out of what happened in the classroom. By writing about it! Though you write that each entry functions as a lesson for readers (which is great--very appealing and fun to read), I also feel that each entry brought you to those realizations. Writing is learning and making meaning.
Thank you for taking some joy in the process. It was a pleasure to read your observations.