In all honesty, I very much enjoyed this class. I really liked taking it on-line. I took the class with one of my firends, and it was nice to have someone to talk to about the blog posts. I think that this class went by very fast, I must have really enjoyed it! I really like writing the blog posts and I like telling people about my blog. I do think that I will continue to blog, but maybe not for a little while.
I really liked telling people about my blog, and I liked having the blog as a way to showcase my writing. I also liked all the feedback that I got from classmates. There was honestly nothing that I did not like about keeping the blog. I think that blogging is a great way to tell stories. I have learned more about some of my classmates in this calss than I have in semester long classes. The way that I have learned about people is through the blog posts. So blogs are a great way to show off your personality as well as your writing.
I am very happy that I took this class, because I can use my blog in the future. I can put it on my resume, and I can continue to update it. I feel like I got a lot out of this class and I have learned so much about blogging! It's been fun :)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Revising American Classics?
Today, while on the phone with my boyfriend's mom, I learned that revised editions of the books Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, will be released as early as February. The new editions will be revised to replace the "N" word with "slave."
The idea for the revision came from Alan Gribben, a Twain scholar and a professor at Auburn University. He is working with New South Books to combine the two novels into one, with the newly revised text. According to Catherine Martin from the Columbia Daily Tribune ,"Gribben noted the N-word appears 219 times in Huck Finn and four times in Tom Sawyer."
As I'm sure you can imagine, this has stirred up quite a debate. Some people think that the revised book will just be a benefit to the students. Other people think that the book teaches that using the "N" word is offensive and gives students the idea that they should not use the word.
According to the Columbia Daily Tribune , Elisabeth Bergman, a middle school teacher said, "This is history, and this is an author’s wording, and Mark Twain does not use it in a manner that is meant to be derogatory,” she said. “The use of the word offers the opportunity to teach history and historical perspective. Would Germany want to get rid of the word Nazi in literature because it’s offensive?”
I think that she makes an excellent point about Germany not getting rid of the word Nazi. These books give a good glimpse into our history, and I don't think that some parts of our history should be "revised."
I think that these revised copies will send the message to students that parts of history can just be covered up and ignored. I also think that by allwoing this revision to happen, the door has been opened to who knows what. What will someone want to revise next? What do you all think? Will these revised copies benefit students, or is this just a bad idea?
The idea for the revision came from Alan Gribben, a Twain scholar and a professor at Auburn University. He is working with New South Books to combine the two novels into one, with the newly revised text. According to Catherine Martin from the Columbia Daily Tribune ,"Gribben noted the N-word appears 219 times in Huck Finn and four times in Tom Sawyer."
As I'm sure you can imagine, this has stirred up quite a debate. Some people think that the revised book will just be a benefit to the students. Other people think that the book teaches that using the "N" word is offensive and gives students the idea that they should not use the word.
According to the Columbia Daily Tribune , Elisabeth Bergman, a middle school teacher said, "This is history, and this is an author’s wording, and Mark Twain does not use it in a manner that is meant to be derogatory,” she said. “The use of the word offers the opportunity to teach history and historical perspective. Would Germany want to get rid of the word Nazi in literature because it’s offensive?”
I think that she makes an excellent point about Germany not getting rid of the word Nazi. These books give a good glimpse into our history, and I don't think that some parts of our history should be "revised."
I think that these revised copies will send the message to students that parts of history can just be covered up and ignored. I also think that by allwoing this revision to happen, the door has been opened to who knows what. What will someone want to revise next? What do you all think? Will these revised copies benefit students, or is this just a bad idea?
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