When going over the previous blog posts that I have
written, I think they do share some small themes or similarities. I have to admit
that I didn’t do a good job in posting blogs as the class requirement due to my
extremely busy medical school application and interview. However, I would still
think of examples for those blogs that I missed and participated in the class discussion.
I think the connections between my previous blogs are my personal experiences,
and I really try to give details to readers so that they can understand what I
am trying to express out of the text. For instance, in my blog post “Experience
with Organizations and Transaction Costs”, I talked about my working experience
as a shift leader at Aplus Karaoke. I didn’t expect most readers know the environment
of a standard Karaoke business, but I am sure with my explanations of my trainings
and duties, most readers will know what it is like to work in a busy and high
pressure place.
As for connecting what I wrote to the course themes, I
think there are many ways to do it. At the very beginning of writing posts, I
just simply answered the prompts just like answering different short essay questions.
However, in this way, it was hard for me to figure out the connections between
my posts and our course materials. Later, I figured out that it would much
better if I treated the prompt as one big thesis. Each small question should
be treated as a small topic and eventually guided me to evolve my thoughts to
readers. For example, in my post about experience with organizations, I put a
lot of effort in connecting the team configuration to my own experience. However,
I didn’t go further after my work description. I should have made a contrast
what it is like when it is very busy from what it is like when things are
slower.
As I have missed two blogs posting, I can’t really say
there is an obvious evolve. However, my thoughts on organizing the content and
getting prepared for the prompt are evolved. As I mentioned above, initially I
just simply answered the prompts. Now I will try going further, making
conclusions, after writing examples. I believe this will not only help me
understand the course but also deliver clearer messages to readers. I think I
would prefer more “open” prompts which don’t have standard answers. I think
these prompts can allow me to know more about other people’s thoughts and
contracts their thoughts to mine.
So I will comment here differently than I've been commenting on the posts of other students, because your situation is different. Will things changes moving forward? Will you be in class more and stay up with the blogging? Since you are on a team for writing the class project, as well as to comment on the posts of your teammates, it would be good to know what sort of participation to expect from you moving forward. Right now, that is not clear.
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