I hope you have enjoyed any of my posts. Though they were mostly me ranting and raging, they had my real feelings conveyed in them. By now, you, the reader, must be thinking that this post is a goodbye, well it ain't. Goodbye means forget; I ain't gonna forget about this. I won't forget because it caused me a feeling, which I will express after I finish this introduction. This IS supposed to be the last and final post in this blog though IDK if it will truly be. What I know is that I am expected to say how my experience went.
The moment I was told that I ad to make a blog, all hell broke loose in my mind. This is the third time I've made a blog and the previews two weren't fun at all and I know why now. Back then, I didn't know how to have fun while talking about something. Neither did I know how to GRAPHICALLY express my feelings in written words nor was I smart enough to make a boring assignment, entertain me. You can probably guess what I'm about to say and yes (maybe), you are correct. I enjoyed this experience, to a certain point....but that's not the issue at the moment. Going back on topic; I did not want to do this assignment, for the reasons I already mentioned, but once I began ranting and raging, expressing myself in the grumpy way I like, it clicked on me that I misjudged the idea.
I did say that I enjoyed this assignment, but that doesn't mean that I am happy with it. In fact, I am very upset about it......actually, I am upset with some things about it. For starters, the rules. One of them is that the posts are supposed to be 300 or more words long. If you guys haven't noticed, most of my posts are shorter. I know that it is against the rules and I will have points taken off, but I can't help it. I sincerely believe that to make things interesting, pleasurable to read and efficient to give a message, it is best to keep it small. I am not the type that speaks a lot, nor do I have a lot of knowledge to give away, and that's not all. I am very stubborn about how I feel about things.
That last one affects me as I write my posts. If I don't care about the content, if I find it boring or if I don't like it, I make a sloppy job. Yet, if I really don't want to do it, I rant in it. For example: the blog post about myself, I had fun ranting in that one. I said that I didn't want to give away information about myself and I do believe that I have the right to not do it. Still, that was not my best rant. The one that's going to be is this blog post, and you will know why.
Going back to the 300 or more words long posts; I am not sure if I made it clear, but what I wanted to say about it, is that for bad readers like me; that can't read fast and efficiently because they get easily distracted; it is best to give them something small to read. The problem is that it has to give them at least an accurate idea about what they did not read. So I have dedicated myself to make a writing style in which I can give you everything in small words.
Now, I will start my ranting. In this "keep a blog in the internet" experience, I have to comment in my peers' blog posts. Yeah...that's easy for anyone to do, but there's obviously a catch. I have to comment and in that comment, give feedback.....Okay, that's cool. It ain't that hard, but "OH! OH NO NO NO!" Bleh THAT! YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE RANDOM FEEDBACK, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW SOME PETER ELBOW'S TIPS ON HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK! Thus, I have to read his tips and rules. WELL....GUESS WHAT?! TL;DR. Anyways, I have to give feedback on what my peers wrote. I guess that I have to be polite and give productive feedback, but I can't. The problem is that I don't care and it is not my style. I like being honest when I communicate with someone, and saying nice things to someone's work that doesn't even entertain me is against me, all because someone says I HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT A GUY I DON'T GIVE THREE bubbles ABOUT, SAID?! I am sorry (no I'm not), but I won't do that. Yes, I know that since I never read his work, I am not in a position to go against it, but I still won't.
Let me give you an example. The professor asked us to write an essay, following what she wrote in a post on her blog. So it was a given that we had to read her post. I went ahead to read it the same day she gave the assignment, and there was a photo that was covering one of her paragraphs, so I wrote a comment. Forcing myself to be polite, I even stated that it was a feedback on how to improve the post itself so that the photo wouldn't force readers to either ignore the paragraph or copy paste it somewhere else to read it or even let the reader edit it so that the photo would disappear. She erased the comment and sent me a message saying that I had to learn how to give feedback, following THAT PERSON'S TIPS......and guess what else. SHE NEVER ERASED OR REARRANGED THE PHOTO IN THE POST. Well, ain't that delightful?
Now that I have raged, I want to say a few reminders. The first one, I don't ever want to do something like keeping a blog and following some ridiculous rules on how to make the posts. (EVERYONE HAS THEIR STYLE!) The second one, I will not read Peter Elbow's work. I am sorry Mr. Elbow if you ever read this, it is not your fault. (BUT FEEDBACK IS MEANT TO BE TAKEN IN ANY WAY IT COMES.) The third one, I LOVE RANTING AND RAGING, I AM HONEST AND HATE TALKING OR WRITING IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE ME. The last one, I am not against this activity, I would actually recommend it, but......THE THEMES IN ALL OF THESE THINGS I WAS TOLD TO READ OR WATCH WERE ALL REVOLVING AROUND DISCRIMINATION! A THEME THAT HAS HAUNTED MY LIFE FOR MORE THAN 7 YEARS, AND I'M NOT EVEN A VICTIM! I AM SO INCREDIBLY SICK OF THAT THEME, IT IS OVERUSED, FORCED UPON OTHERS AND HELL...IT MAY EVEN CAUSE MORE BULLYING. (whoever reads this, I want to tell you that I am not against anti-bullying or anything, please understand that in my junior and high school years I had to work with the theme in one course or another. I am tired of working with it, but if I am able to help someone that goes through such a thing I will help.) IT AIN'T EVEN A STRONG ISSUE ANYMORE FROM WHAT I KNOW. CAN'T YOU BE HAPPY WITH KNOWING THAT I WOULD HELP IF I CAN? ALSO, IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT WHAT CAUSES ANY DISCRIMINATION IS HOW YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS EVIL CAUSED BY A WHIM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. MY POINT IS, I AM SICK OF THAT THEME.
THANKS FOR .... WHATEVER.
THANKS FOR .... WHATEVER.
I think we can all agree that this feedback thing it's a little weird and hard to follow. Also, it can totally unmotivate you, if you are liking the blog and expressing your true self and then be told that you have to follow rules and a pattern. Anyhow, I did enjoyed your blog posts. And you're welcomed... for whatever.
ResponderEliminarI don't know how to comment this. No really, this was way unexpected. I admire your sincerity.
ResponderEliminarWhen I saw the length of this post I was tempted to not read it and write some generic feedback, but it did not. As another fellow reader commented: I admire your sincerity, although I wish to remind you that the diplomatic approach should always be the first answer. Having said that, I enjoyed your grumpy, life-hating tone. It actually reminds me a bit of myself.
ResponderEliminarI assure you, my fellow companion, you are not alone in your struggle. I too refrained from reading Peter Elbow's guide. And thank YOU, you know, for whatever!
ResponderEliminarI assure you, my fellow companion, you are not alone in your struggle. I too refrained from reading Peter Elbow's guide. And thank YOU, you know, for whatever!
ResponderEliminarHello Angel! Though I don't particularly know who to comment on this post I must say that your sincerity on the matter is quite an interesting read...
ResponderEliminar~~~Paula
Well, I guess I can start by saying that it is good to unwind a bit. We all have hardships with things, for you, it is the mental "pain" of having to do things that do not appease you.
ResponderEliminarI won't say I too suffered with the assignment because I do see some good things in it. Still, I admire you sincerity in expressing your dissatisfaction. I could sense the tension brought on by the all caps text.
The only thing I feel like I can say with all that charge of emotion, or rage, is that one must sometimes make sacrifices, even with the simplest, or hardest, things.