My professor and I got into a public convo during class about blogging the other day. He basically said that he thinks blogs are ridiculous. In his opinion, people waste too much time giving their opinions when they know nothing. He thinks that there are way too many outlets for people to voice what's on their mind without having actual facts to back them up. I swallowed really hard and tried not to get offended. Id be lying if I said that I was unfazed. His opinions are none of my business, everyone is entitled to their thoughts. I boldly said that I thought he was opinionated and didnt understand what was wrong with that. I find him to be very strong in his convictions. I respect that. I even encouraged him to start a blog of his own because of this said trait of his.
Then, he mentioned that hed never even read a blog before. Well not that exactly- he said that he glanced at one before and that it turned him off for good because he found the writer to be ignorant and the comments even more obnoxious. It wasnt the time nor the place to give him the birds and the bees talk surrounding blogs. (You know, explaining that there are all different types of blogs (political ones, style ones, music ones, pet ones, my kind... ) I found myself becoming defensive because, I feel like my blog is light and nothing like what he was describing. That was until I told him about a poets blog that I read about on R's blog. My professor suddenly became intrigued. Apparently he is a fan of this poet. By classes end, he asked for the poets blog address. I scribbled it down for him and signed it with a smiley face with the word "Enjoy!" at the bottom. Then, he thanked me. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!
Is this picture not totally scrumptious??
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