So here I am at Hofstra, and I am blogging. Writing online makes me feel a number of things. I feel anxious and nervous to be blogging for the first time. It is nerve-racking to know that I will be showcasing my writing to everyone owning a computer, rather than just to my professors, family, and friends. This first post is considered to be free-writing - writing constantly for 12 minutes, whatever comes to mind - without ever looking back and without revision. This is also a stressful thought. So many things come to mind. What do I say? How can I organize my thoughts without rambling or changing topic too quickly? What can I talk about that would have some impact on anyone?
I think this concept of blogging is quite interesting. If you think about it, someone in China or in India or Brazil could read what I, a college freshman, am writing. But that also makes me wonder, do people in China and India and Brazil actually care what an American teenager has to say? Maybe that is the beauty of blogs and of the internet. It is a way for literally anyone, be it a student or a scholar, to get a message out into the world. It is a way of communicating with more than just the people that we see every day. It is a way of realizing that human beings are really not as different as we could imagine. The internet connects people who would other wise be oceans away.
Well, 12 minutes have passed and my first post is complete. I hope you enjoy what I write as I experiment and explore writing these next few months.
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