Mid Term Blog Audit

Mid Term Blog Audit

Well, when I looked at my blogs I noticed that I only wrote three blogs. I want to apologize to my fellow blogger's. I am writing the blog report with apprehension. I was not familiar with blogging until I took this course. Sure, I would notice sites that had blogging or I would sometimes, by chance, read a blog. I still don't get the whole blogging thing! I didn't say I dislike it, I just don't get it! Just like I don't get my son's band that screams all the lyrics. I am a couple of generations away I guess. Hence, I am suppose to write about my exploits of the first half of the class on my blogging. I noticed that I like reading the smaller yet significant articles within, "The Other Sheep." I noticed I was very cynical at the beginning of reading this news paper. For instance, the blog on, Land, money, No room for you., September 1939,  I commented on one particular article on  that describes a missionary turning away a Christian couple that wanted to attend their school. I said, "He says, "I could not help crying as they continued to plead with me to see if we could do something for them right away, and yet we had to refuse them" (pg. 20). Well, my immediate thought was the cynical side in me. Was he crying because he couldn't get the couple in the school or was he crying because he saw potential donors of land walk out his door? (I don't know how to get it back to 12' font) I can't imagine thinking this now. I realize that I  noticed in this news paper that the missionaries needed money disparately. That is why they ask the readers, constantly for money. The first year that I was assigned to read was, "The Other Sheep" September 14, 1924, and I titled it, "One Dime for God-nine dimes for self." I couldn't believe that they would ask for that amount of money. I thought that the writer was "guilting" the reader into giving up their dime to give to the missionary. After reading many articles in "The Other Sheep'"I realize that it was the only means at that time to ask for donations. Plus, it was catering to a mostly if not all, Christian audience. Therefore  I was very harsh in judging the news paper and the people who wrote it too.  I have a better appreciation for, "The Other Sheep," and what its mission (no pun intended) was and how they went about raising money. If I have to read more articles in the paper, I will read with, "eyes wide open."