Is Blogging Helpful?

I enjoy blogging alot. It is the most helpful thing I have done in school all year. I love that you can post your thoughts and feelings about assignments. I was really excited when I found out that we were going to be able to have our own blogs. I loved the Wiki page, which was similar, but I wish we made our own blogs in the beginning of the year. Then I would have had all of my work or thoughts blogged since House on Mango Street. I think this blog would have helped alot when I was reading Frankenstein as well. I love that I can connect thoughts with other students in other classes who are reading the same book. When you read what other people have to say, it opens up your mind and makes you expand your thinking. I get pushed to take my thoughts farther with blogs. They have only benefited me in every aspect of learning more about how I write and what my opinions are. I can point out every theme in a book and find all of the symbolic meaning, however I have noticed with blogs that I tend to see more of one specific theme or symbol and write alot about that. Blogs help my organize what I notice in a book. They help me organize my thoughts about what I have read and they make me more interested in the book I am reading. I really hope I continue to work on blogs next year as well.