Final Blogtastic Reflection (#4)

For my final blog reflection for 4th quarter, I chose "Blagojevich on 'Celebrity Apprentice'" as my favorite blog post. The reason I like this one so much is because I feel very strongly about the subject. This usually characterizes my favorite posts. When you're really passionate about what you're writing about, it just makes it a lot more fun to write. And when I saw that Blagojevich was on a reality t.v. show and not in jail, I was just outraged. I was also able to incorporate a bunch of sources in this post, which I think adds depth and more credibility to a post. And from those sources, I used direct quotes and dissected them to prove my point even more. It just had more substance than some of my other posts.
This year I have really developed as a blogger. Not that I blogged before this class, but my style has changed since the beginning of the year. I started my blogging career by mostly writing about certain issues that I encountered in my everyday life, but didn't necessarily connect to class. But as the year continued, my posts started to become extensions of class discussions, which is what I think Mr. Bolos and Mr. O'Connor intended them to be. And when I could not extend the discussion to my blogging, I wrote about prominent issues in the news. Not always, but I tried to.
I have really enjoyed blogging this year because I do like to write, but essays can often times be laborious and they take a long time to do. On the other hand, a blog post doesn't have to be long. You can write a little about a lot, and that's what I've really liked about blogging this year.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Reparation Time

     Reparations. Good or bad? In my opinion, sometimes good, sometimes bad. And it depends on the case. I was surprised to learn yesterday how Germany has been giving Israel cars and other expensive goods since after WWII. For me, this is not an acceptable reparation. I'm sure Israel gladly accepts all the expensive things, I mean, who wouldn't? But it bothers me because it's like "Hey, sorry for killing 6 million of your people, here's some money." It's just too little too late. However, I do think it's time for the United States to officially apologize for slavery. I don't think cash payments or tax breaks or anything like that would help anything; again, I think it's too little too late. But a sincere apology from the government would really make a difference. We also discussed yesterday about a slavery museum in Washington DC. I think that would be an amazing idea. There's a Holocaust museum, why not a slavery museum? Honestly it's a shame there isn't one up yet.
     Reparations cannot replace a genuine apology. Any group of people would gladly accept reparations. Seriously, like I said before, why wouldn't you take free money or free tuition to college? But it will never erase the hurt and pain people felt. An apology is the best thing anyone can do to start making up for something.
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