Concluding Blog Post

Writing a blog for a semester has been a completely new experience for me. English classes so far have consisted of three papers and a final, however this class had me constantly engaged in news articles and writing profusely. My topic “science and medical breakthroughs” was at times a very difficult topic to write about. For most of the semester I had difficulty finding a community I could fit into and or relate too. However I chose to broaden my search for a community and found that there is a large amount of material reported in the newspapers. My blogging community is small but my reporting community is quite large. An article that I was writing about—“The baby in Mississippi that was cured of HIV” made the front page of The Huffington Post as well as written about in many other newspapers.

As for anyone looking to write a scientific based blog, I can’t urge enough the importance of having numerous sources when writing a post. Reading multiple sources is always essential for finding accurate and extensive information on a topic.

I am very grateful that I have been able to be apart of this class. Maintaining a blog has been a difficult but very rewarding assignment. Writing weekly and getting feedback really did improve not only the way I wrote but also the way I read and asked questions while reading articles. It has given me new interest in the field of biology, assisting me in finding a path in psychology I would want to study. After writing and reading about brain mapping and tissue engineering; I plan to get a minor in neuroscience or biology.

I’ve realized that my blog is an “island” community, for that reason I hope to continue to cover any discoveries that make headlines and catch my attention.  Ending my semester with 300 page views and multiple views in numerous countries shows me I have opened up a potential community of readers and potential writers themselves.