I really enjoyed the blog (even though I had trouble remembering it sometimes). Although the posts were beneficial in collecting my thoughts for class, I especially enjoyed the responses. I have trouble speaking in class because I feel like discussion sometimes goes down rabbit holes, and a few key people are building off each other. If I zone out for part of the discussion, I usually end up lost when I tune back in to whatever we're talking about. Responding to other people's posts gave me a chance to really understand what my classmates are saying and feel like I can have legitimate responses to them.
Most of the time with my blog posts I took the stance of finding background information to further enrich my understanding of the text. I have had trouble throughout this class figuring out how to incorporate rhetoric into my discussions--- mostly because I always forget the terms and what they all mean. Maybe I need flashcards. Especially during the Native American section, I found the readings interesting in their own right, but wasn't sure how to take a rhetorical slant on them. I appreciated how people in class talked about what the author was accomplishing rhetorically instead of just looking at the rhetoric discussed within the text.
I wish I would have been more engaged with the readings on my own (highlighting and taking notes in the margins), but the blog posts forced me to be, which I really appreciated.
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