Oh Blogs, How Art Thou?

Our topics this year have been interesting but I was not excited about writing a good portion of them. I know no one looks forward to homework, but homework should at least be entertaining sometimes. A lot of the given topics needed a lot of thought to write 300 words while others did not seem at all interesting. I enjoyed writing about the opinions on online newspaper sites. We could choose an article or an opinion of an article that we actually liked and wanted to write about. I also liked the days where we could write about anything we wanted. That opened the floor a whole lot more than the Friday assignments even though we somewhat had free reign on those days as well. Overall, I wish we had more fun topics. Maybe analyze videos or news stories that would make a person laugh. A good topic may be to write about the funniest thing you have ever said or done. People would enjoy writing about that. It is as subject that requires little thought but people may look forward to writing it instead of putting it off until the last minute. Another possible topic is if you could be any animal other than a human what would you be and why? This topic requires more thought than the first one but it is also very interesting. I guess students would like more articles or blog topics that they could relate to. Knowing the news is important but it gets boring when it has nothing to do with you and/or it is constantly thrown in your face. An article about illegal downloading or addiction to the internet would be more relatable to our age group. Some topics can need critical thinking but still be interesting if it relates to our generation. Maybe a topic like how has Hip-Hop/Rap changed since it first began? Is the change positive or negative? Sprinkle in a few boring topics so students do no start to think they are getting the easy stuff. I hope these suggestions help you out next semester.