Farewell

This semester for my College Composition course we had to create a blog and write about one topic for sixteen weeks, instead of the usually six different types of essays and a class reading book. I admit it was a great challenge for me to pick a single topic to talk about for that many weeks but it was an achievable goal. I chose the topic of healthcare because I am an LPN striving to become a RN. I have a great interest in the medical field and this blog allowed me to share and explore parts it with my classmates and the communities I have joined along the way.

I have found a great many resources that I can come back to later on if I have any questions or concerns. Or even if I simply want a new viewpoint of an issue I am dealing with in the medical field. I was shocked that I actually enjoyed writing my blog post after a while because some of the facts I was researching were quite intriguing. Such as the post about the leeches called “Vampire Bugs?”, the post on acupuncture called “Thin Metal Needles Oh My!” and lastly my favorite post “Killer Bite”, which was on the use of snake venom in medicine. I had a lot of fun doing that post because I love snakes and find it amazing how they are used in the medical field at the same time.

This was a new experience for me because I have never been the type of person to blog before. I didn’t understand if you were supposed to talk about one thing or have just a bunch of different random blog post. I thought the people would post entries because of the mood they were in or what happened that day to them. What I have found is that blogs are used to communicate across the world about different events and to find and share your interest with people all around. Blogs make it quite easy to find people who share the same interest as you. I now have a new found respect for blogging and glad I had this experience this semester.