Blog Relfection

The blogs I chose each exhibit a lot of variety while staying consistent with my overall theme of understanding our world through rhetoric.  The blogs vary in their host site, amount of revision needed, and their topic of focus.  The blogs “Ireland: The National Famine Memorial”, and “The American Family” were written for my Rhetoric and civic life blog and they focus on the rhetorical arguments created by their respective topics. “Revolution in Egypt:  Onions, King, and Soccer fans”, and “Our Sputnik Moment” were written for my passion blog called “The Collegecrat” and each of these post contain rhetorical elements, but their focus is on my passion for politics and what I believe makes national and world events so interesting a fun to learn about.

            Each of these blogs also varied in the amount of revision needed. The Ireland blog and the blog about the Revolution in Egypt needed large-scale revisions. Each of these blogs was cut down by at least one hundred words, and many of the paragraphs had to be rewritten. However, the other two blogs, American Family and Sputnik only needed editing and some minor revisions.  I would account the difference in the amount of revision for the amount of planning that when behind each of these blogs. I spent much more time planning and outlining the latter two blogs compared to the blogs about Ireland and Egypt. The planning process shows its true effectiveness during the revision process.

            Finally, I chose this collection of blogs because they exhibit two distinct groups of focus.  The Sputnik blog and the American Family blog focus on President Obama’s State of the Union address and the issues we face on a national front. The blogs about Ireland and Egypt discuss important historic events in each country and the impact they have on the world.  As an engaged citizen, it is important to be aware of history being made on all levels of society, both on the home front and the world. I think that these four blogs give the best representation of my blogging this semester, and what it means to be active in civic life.