Blog Entry #11

Blog Entry #11

 

If you look at the assignment description for the final essay, you will see that there is a list of banned topics.  Do you think I should be able to ban certain topics, or should you be able to write about anything you would like?  Why do you think I ban topics?  (Don't worry, you won't hurt my feelings if you don't think I should be able to ban topics, and I will explain why I ban topics on my blog on Monday morning if you are interested.)

 

I believe that if there are banned topics to right on that it may be holding a future writer back from learning all they can. Personally I would love to be able to choose what I right about no matter what the topic is due to what I know more about and have an interest in. being interest in a topic allows the essay to flow easier and will allow one to express their true feelings on their topic. While if made to choose from topics they are unfamiliar with will basically all be definitions throughout the paper due to the writer trying to figure out the information as well as the reader. Then again I see the teacher’s point of view as well. If there isn’t a ban of certain topics then they will get several essay on the same topic and having to read and grade all our papers I would understand that she does not want to read the same stories over and over again. As far as the banning of topics goes of the teacher… she is the teacher and can make any decisions she wants for our assignments and we should do our best with the instructions for our essays.